diff --git a/canopen/profiles/p402.py b/canopen/profiles/p402.py
index f4fc0874..d4b8c8b6 100644
--- a/canopen/profiles/p402.py
+++ b/canopen/profiles/p402.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def _check_controlword_configured(self):
 
     def _check_statusword_configured(self):
         if 0x6041 not in self.tpdo_values:  # Statusword
-            raise ValueError(
+            logger.warning(
                 "Statusword not configured in node {0}'s PDOs. Using SDOs can cause slow performance.".format(
                     self.id))