diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
index c4a90f69195746a9a1aa5be27703ef17c5e5c552..5568f35bbbd0275968f5efc5599e63e7bae26f8f 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public class SubProtocolWebSocketHandler
 					logger.debug("Terminating '" + session + "'", ex);
 				}
 				else if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Terminating '" + session + "': " + ex.getMessage());
+					logger.warn("Terminating '" + session + "': " + ex.getMessage());
 				}
 				this.stats.incrementLimitExceededCount();
 				clearSession(session, ex.getStatus()); // clear first, session may be unresponsive