diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/rocksdb/RocksDBCF.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/rocksdb/RocksDBCF.java
index 336ca3b2f1f..9160101da9a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/rocksdb/RocksDBCF.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/rocksdb/RocksDBCF.java
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ private void openRocksDB(String rocksDBTableDir, BlockBasedTableConfig tableOpti
         }
         catch (RocksDBException ex)
         {
-            logger.warn("Failed to load latest RocksDB options for cf {}.{}",
-                        cfs.keyspace.getName(), cfs.name);
+            logger.error("Failed to load latest RocksDB options for cf {}.{}",
+                         cfs.keyspace.getName(), cfs.name, ex);
         }
 
         final long writeBufferSize = RocksDBConfigs.WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE_MBYTES * 1024 * 1024L;