diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0d58372b..c4641330 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2557,6 +2557,8 @@ Markus Ehrnsperger <markus.ehrnsperger@googlemail.com>
  for reporting broken video data streams on systems without output device when switching
  live channel to a different transponder while recording
  for fixing a possible crash in cDevice::StopSectionHandler()
+ for making using a dummy OSD if no OSD provider is available not be considered an error
+ any more
 
 Werner Färber <w.faerber@gmx.de>
  for reporting a bug in handling the cPluginManager::Active() result when pressing
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index b5714d5c..5e853666 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9869,3 +9869,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed height calculation in progress display (thanks to Matthias Senzel).
 - Fixed a possible crash in cDevice::StopSectionHandler() (thanks to Markus
   Ehrnsperger).
+- Using a dummy OSD if no OSD provider is available is not considered an error any
+  more (thanks to Markus Ehrnsperger).
diff --git a/osd.c b/osd.c
index 47bda686..7eb71261 100644
--- a/osd.c
+++ b/osd.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: osd.c 4.11 2020/12/18 23:02:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osd.c 5.1 2024/01/18 11:06:45 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "osd.h"
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ cOsd *cOsdProvider::NewOsd(int Left, int Top, uint Level)
      return Osd;
      }
   else
-     esyslog("ERROR: no OSD provider available - using dummy OSD!");
+     isyslog("no OSD provider available - using dummy OSD!");
   return new cOsd(Left, Top, 999); // create a dummy cOsd, so that access won't result in a segfault
 }