diff --git a/libavcodec/rangecoder.c b/libavcodec/rangecoder.c
index dd09e46f8b..147e58de40 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rangecoder.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rangecoder.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ int ff_rac_terminate(RangeCoder *c)
 #define SIZE 10240
 
 #include "libavutil/lfg.h"
+#include "libavutil/log.h"
 
 int main(void)
 {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ STOP_TIMER("put_rac")
     for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
 START_TIMER
         if ((r[i] & 1) != get_rac(&c, state))
-            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "rac failure at %d\n", i);
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "rac failure at %d\n", i);
 STOP_TIMER("get_rac")
     }