diff --git a/src/shared/vlan-util.c b/src/shared/vlan-util.c
index a4b42df85b..180f56ede8 100644
--- a/src/shared/vlan-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/vlan-util.c
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ int config_parse_vlanid(
 
         r = parse_vlanid(rvalue, id);
         if (r == -ERANGE) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "VLAN identifier outside of valid range 0…4094, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r,
+                           "VLAN identifier outside of valid range 0…4094, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
         if (r < 0) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse VLAN identifier value, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r,
+                           "Failed to parse VLAN identifier value, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }