diff --git a/libavcodec/xwdenc.c b/libavcodec/xwdenc.c
index e98de5e829..4b4f368216 100644
--- a/libavcodec/xwdenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/xwdenc.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int xwd_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
         vclass   = XWD_STATIC_GRAY;
         break;
     default:
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "unsupported pixel format\n");
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "unsupported pixel format\n");
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }