diff --git a/unblob/handlers/archive/tar.py b/unblob/handlers/archive/tar.py
index a27e2c0a28..a9b174a6a7 100644
--- a/unblob/handlers/archive/tar.py
+++ b/unblob/handlers/archive/tar.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def signed_sum(octets) -> int:
             return sum(b if b < 128 else 256 - b for b in octets)
 
         if header.chksum[6:8] not in (b"\x00 ", b" \x00"):
-            logger.error(
+            logger.debug(
                 "Invalid checksum format",
                 actual_last_2_bytes=header.chksum[6:8],
                 handler=self.NAME,