diff --git a/libtransmission/peer-io.cc b/libtransmission/peer-io.cc
index 8311c24a0..a2cfc1b38 100644
--- a/libtransmission/peer-io.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/peer-io.cc
@@ -387,7 +387,15 @@ static void utp_on_state_change(tr_peerIo* const io, int const state)
 
 static void utp_on_error(tr_peerIo* const io, int const errcode)
 {
-    tr_logAddDebugIo(io, fmt::format("utp_on_error -- errcode is {}", errcode));
+    if (errcode == UTP_ETIMEDOUT)
+    {
+        // high frequency error: we log as trace
+        tr_logAddTraceIo(io, fmt::format("utp_on_error -- UTP_ETIMEDOUT"));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        tr_logAddDebugIo(io, fmt::format("utp_on_error -- {}", utp_error_code_names[errcode]));
+    }
 
     if (io->gotError != nullptr)
     {