diff --git a/internal/distributed/proxy/service.go b/internal/distributed/proxy/service.go
index a98e8b0fbda52..707b5dfcef1e6 100644
--- a/internal/distributed/proxy/service.go
+++ b/internal/distributed/proxy/service.go
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ func (s *Server) startExternalGrpc(grpcPort int, errChan chan error) {
 	if Params.TLSMode.GetAsInt() == 1 {
 		creds, err := credentials.NewServerTLSFromFile(Params.ServerPemPath.GetValue(), Params.ServerKeyPath.GetValue())
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Warn("proxy can't create creds", zap.Error(err))
 			log.Warn("proxy can't create creds", zap.Error(err))
 			errChan <- err
 			return