diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index f9db896276..96e9a33ced 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This release also updates downstream dependency versions. Most notably, the prot
 * **Bug fix** Fix 2 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Bug fix** Fix 3 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Bug fix** Fix 4 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
-* **Bug fix** Fix 5 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
+* **Bug fix** Failed no-ops no longer log at `ERROR` [(Issue #1692)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/1692)
 * **Performance** Improvement 1 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Performance** Improvement 2 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Performance** Improvement 3 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
diff --git a/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/provider/foundationdb/FDBDatabase.java b/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/provider/foundationdb/FDBDatabase.java
index 42353a8089..231dfa0626 100644
--- a/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/provider/foundationdb/FDBDatabase.java
+++ b/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/provider/foundationdb/FDBDatabase.java
@@ -479,13 +479,6 @@ public FDBRecordContext openContext(@Nonnull FDBRecordContextConfig contextConfi
         return context;
     }
 
-    private void logNoOpFailure(@Nonnull Throwable err) {
-        if (LOGGER.isErrorEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.error(KeyValueLogMessage.of("unable to perform no-op operation against fdb",
-                    LogMessageKeys.CLUSTER, getClusterFile()), err);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Perform a no-op against FDB to check network thread liveness. See {@link #performNoOp(Map, FDBStoreTimer)}
      * for more information. This will use the default MDC for running threads and will not instrument the
@@ -551,17 +544,9 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> performNoOpAsync(@Nullable Map<String, String> md
                 future = context.instrument(FDBStoreTimer.Events.PERFORM_NO_OP, future, startTime);
             }
             futureStarted = true;
-            return future.thenAccept(ignore -> { }).whenComplete((vignore, err) -> {
-                context.close();
-                if (err != null) {
-                    logNoOpFailure(err);
-                }
-            });
+            return future.thenAccept(ignore -> { }).whenComplete((vignore, err) -> context.close());
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-            logNoOpFailure(e);
-            CompletableFuture<Void> errFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
-            errFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
-            return errFuture;
+            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(e);
         } finally {
             if (!futureStarted) {
                 context.close();