diff --git a/frigate/record/maintainer.py b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
index 3dd65909b..25c9d2cff 100644
--- a/frigate/record/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         self.object_recordings_info: dict[str, list] = defaultdict(list)
         self.audio_recordings_info: dict[str, list] = defaultdict(list)
         self.end_time_cache: dict[str, Tuple[datetime.datetime, float]] = {}
-        self.unexpected_cache_files_seen: set[str] = set()
+        self.unexpected_cache_files_logged: bool = False
 
     async def move_files(self) -> None:
         cache_files = [
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             try:
                 camera, date = basename.rsplit("@", maxsplit=1)
             except ValueError:
-                if cache not in self.unexpected_cache_files_seen:
-                    logger.warning(f"Skipping unexpected file in cache: {cache}")
-                    self.unexpected_cache_files_seen.add(cache)
+                if not self.unexpected_cache_files_logged:
+                    logger.warning("Skipping unexpected files in cache")
+                    self.unexpected_cache_files_logged = True
                 continue
 
             start_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             try:
                 camera, date = basename.rsplit("@", maxsplit=1)
             except ValueError:
-                if cache not in self.unexpected_cache_files_seen:
-                    logger.warning(f"Skipping unexpected file in cache: {cache}")
-                    self.unexpected_cache_files_seen.add(cache)
+                if not self.unexpected_cache_files_logged:
+                    logger.warning("Skipping unexpected files in cache")
+                    self.unexpected_cache_files_logged = True
                 continue
 
             # important that start_time is utc because recordings are stored and compared in utc
diff --git a/frigate/test/test_maintainer.py b/frigate/test/test_maintainer.py
index 483989fa3..d978cfd9f 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_maintainer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+import sys
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
-import sys
-import datetime
 
 # Mock complex imports before importing maintainer
 sys.modules["frigate.comms.inter_process"] = MagicMock()
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ sys.modules["frigate.comms.recordings_updater"] = MagicMock()
 sys.modules["frigate.config.camera.updater"] = MagicMock()
 
 # Now import the class under test
-from frigate.record.maintainer import RecordingMaintainer
-from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
+from frigate.config import FrigateConfig  # noqa: E402
+from frigate.record.maintainer import RecordingMaintainer  # noqa: E402
 
 
 class TestMaintainer(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
@@ -54,13 +53,12 @@ class TestMaintainer(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
                             for c in warn.call_args_list
                             if c.args
                             and isinstance(c.args[0], str)
-                            and "Skipping unexpected file in cache: bad_filename.mp4"
-                            in c.args[0]
+                            and "Skipping unexpected files in cache" in c.args[0]
                         ]
                         self.assertEqual(
                             1,
                             len(matching),
-                            f"Expected a single warning for bad filename, got {len(matching)}",
+                            f"Expected a single warning for unexpected files, got {len(matching)}",
                         )