diff --git a/src/common/crypto.c b/src/common/crypto.c
index ac23880114..200c74a27c 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto.c
@@ -189,8 +189,12 @@ crypto_global_init(int useAccel)
     OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
     _crypto_global_initialized = 1;
     setup_openssl_threading();
+    /* XXX the below is a bug, since we can't know if we're supposed
+     * to be using hardware acceleration or not. we should arrange
+     * for this function to be called before init_keys. But make it
+     * not complain loudly, at least until we make acceleration work. */
     if (useAccel < 0) {
-      log_warn(LD_CRYPTO, "Initializing OpenSSL via tor_tls_init().");
+      log_info(LD_CRYPTO, "Initializing OpenSSL via tor_tls_init().");
     }
 #ifndef NO_ENGINES
     if (useAccel > 0) {