diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.js b/lib/platform/github/index.js
index 891bdb4b2a083e696fdca7218142df0c4a671eef..922b7d0f59144c5c77cfc155da182e106d1aae28 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.js
@@ -605,7 +605,11 @@ async function ensureIssue(title, body) {
       return 'created';
     }
   } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
-    logger.warn(expandError(err), 'Could not ensure issue');
+    if (err.message.startsWith('Issues are disabled for this repo')) {
+      logger.info(`Could not create issue: ${err.message}`);
+    } else {
+      logger.warn(expandError(err), 'Could not ensure issue');
+    }
   }
   return null;
 }