diff --git a/changelog.d/13552.misc b/changelog.d/13552.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..259ea5e8b497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13552.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Downgrade an error that had the capacity to spam Sentry instances to a warning.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/logging/scopecontextmanager.py b/synapse/logging/scopecontextmanager.py
index 10877bdfc522..880404810e4d 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/scopecontextmanager.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/scopecontextmanager.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
     def close(self) -> None:
         active_scope = self.manager.active
         if active_scope is not self:
-            logger.error(
+            logger.warning(
                 "Closing scope %s which is not the currently-active one %s",
                 self,
                 active_scope,