diff --git a/jupyter_server/extension/utils.py b/jupyter_server/extension/utils.py
index 9fcf257395..3168bd740d 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/extension/utils.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/extension/utils.py
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@ def get_metadata(package_name, logger=None):
     # _jupyter_server_extension_paths. We will remove in
     # a later release of Jupyter Server.
     try:
-        return module, module._jupyter_server_extension_paths()
-    except AttributeError:
+        extension_points = module._jupyter_server_extension_paths()
         if logger:
-            logger.debug(
+            logger.warning(
                 "A `_jupyter_server_extension_points` function was not "
                 "found in {name}. Instead, a `_jupyter_server_extension_paths` "
                 "function was found and will be used for now. This function "
                 "name will be deprecated in future releases "
                 "of Jupyter Server.".format(name=package_name)
             )
+        return module, extension_points
+    except AttributeError:
         pass
 
     # Dynamically create metadata if the package doesn't
@@ -92,4 +93,4 @@ def validate_extension(name):
     If this works, nothing should happen.
     """
     from .manager import ExtensionPackage
-    return ExtensionPackage(name=name)
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+    return ExtensionPackage(name=name)