diff --git a/mitmproxy/addons/next_layer.py b/mitmproxy/addons/next_layer.py
index 3e51f3211..6d158745f 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/addons/next_layer.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/addons/next_layer.py
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class NextLayer:
                 nextlayer.data_server(),
             )
         except NeedsMoreData:
-            logger.info(
-                f"Deferring layer decision, not enough data: {nextlayer.data_client().hex()}"
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Deferring layer decision, not enough data: {nextlayer.data_client().hex()!r}"
             )
 
     def _next_layer(
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_next_layer.py b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_next_layer.py
index f2be4d3a0..10dfa3b6b 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_next_layer.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_next_layer.py
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class TestNextLayer:
             assert nl._next_layer(m.context, http_get, b"").flow is not None
 
     def test_next_layer(self, monkeypatch, caplog):
-        caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
+        caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
         nl = NextLayer()
 
         with taddons.context(nl) as tctx: