diff --git a/conf/log4j.properties.template b/conf/log4j.properties.template
index f7f853559468a..89eec7d4b7f61 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.properties.template
+++ b/conf/log4j.properties.template
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}:
 
 # Settings to quiet third party logs that are too verbose
 log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle=ERROR
 log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$exprTyper=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$SparkILoopInterpreter=INFO
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
index f7f853559468a..89eec7d4b7f61 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}:
 
 # Settings to quiet third party logs that are too verbose
 log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle=ERROR
 log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$exprTyper=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$SparkILoopInterpreter=INFO
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorBackend.scala
index 3d34960653f5d..9da17428ed43d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorBackend.scala
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ import org.apache.spark.TaskState.TaskState
  */
 private[spark] trait ExecutorBackend {
   def statusUpdate(taskId: Long, state: TaskState, data: ByteBuffer)
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
index b3ac2320f3431..a2535e3c1c41f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/JettyUtils.scala
@@ -194,11 +194,16 @@ private[spark] object JettyUtils extends Logging {
         case s: Success[_] =>
           (server, server.getConnectors.head.getLocalPort)
         case f: Failure[_] =>
+          val nextPort = (currentPort + 1) % 65536
           server.stop()
           pool.stop()
-          logInfo("Failed to create UI at port, %s. Trying again.".format(currentPort))
-          logInfo("Error was: " + f.toString)
-          connect((currentPort + 1) % 65536)
+          val msg = s"Failed to create UI on port $currentPort. Trying again on port $nextPort."
+          if (f.toString.contains("Address already in use")) {
+            logWarning(s"$msg - $f")
+          } else {
+            logError(msg, f.exception)
+          }
+          connect(nextPort)
       }
     }