diff --git a/lib/event/app.c b/lib/event/app.c
index 3d4af1ce5..635c35bdf 100644
--- a/lib/event/app.c
+++ b/lib/event/app.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
 #include "spdk/trace.h"
 #include "spdk/string.h"
 
-#define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_PRIORITY	SPDK_LOG_INFO
+#define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL		SPDK_LOG_NOTICE
+#define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_PRINT_LEVEL	SPDK_LOG_INFO
 
 #define SPDK_APP_DPDK_DEFAULT_MEM_SIZE		-1
 #define SPDK_APP_DPDK_DEFAULT_MASTER_CORE	-1
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ spdk_app_opts_init(struct spdk_app_opts *opts)
 	opts->mem_channel = SPDK_APP_DPDK_DEFAULT_MEM_CHANNEL;
 	opts->reactor_mask = NULL;
 	opts->max_delay_us = 0;
-	opts->print_level = SPDK_LOG_NOTICE;
+	opts->print_level = SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_PRINT_LEVEL;
 	opts->rpc_addr = SPDK_DEFAULT_RPC_ADDR;
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ spdk_app_start(struct spdk_app_opts *opts, spdk_event_fn start_fn,
 
 	spdk_app_read_config_file_global_params(opts);
 
-	spdk_log_set_level(SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_PRIORITY);
+	spdk_log_set_level(SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL);
 	spdk_log_open();
 
 	if (spdk_app_setup_env(opts) < 0) {