diff --git a/changes/bug24859 b/changes/bug24859
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..122109d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug24859
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (logging):
+    - Don't treat inability to store a cached consensus object as a
+      bug: it can happen normally when we are out of disk space.
+      Fixes bug 24859; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/consdiffmgr.c b/src/or/consdiffmgr.c
index e539b6148..ab11d0c95 100644
--- a/src/or/consdiffmgr.c
+++ b/src/or/consdiffmgr.c
@@ -1310,8 +1310,11 @@ store_multiple(consensus_cache_entry_handle_t **handles_out,
                             labels,
                             body_out,
                             bodylen_out);
-      if (BUG(ent == NULL))
+      if (ent == NULL) {
+        log_warn(LD_FS, "Unable to store object %s compressed with %s.",
+                 description, methodname);
         continue;
+      }
 
       status = CDM_DIFF_PRESENT;
       handles_out[i] = consensus_cache_entry_handle_new(ent);