diff --git a/internal/incident/incident.go b/internal/incident/incident.go
index 8c271afd..ab4d0197 100644
--- a/internal/incident/incident.go
+++ b/internal/incident/incident.go
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ func (i *Incident) processSeverityChangedEvent(ctx context.Context, tx *sqlx.Tx,
 	oldSeverity := i.Severity
 	newSeverity := ev.Severity
 	if oldSeverity == newSeverity {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("%w: %s state event from source %d", event.ErrSuperfluousStateChange, ev.Severity.String(), ev.SourceId)
-		return err
+		i.Logger.Debugw("Ignoring superfluous severity change event", zap.Int64("source_id", ev.SourceId), zap.Stringer("event", ev))
+		return event.ErrSuperfluousStateChange
 	}
 
 	i.Logger.Infof("Incident severity changed from %s to %s", oldSeverity.String(), newSeverity.String())