diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b20b9e914..23d759a55 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Merged from 1.0
 
+* Fix logging fault reporter raising duplicate alarm - Issue #557
 * Fix priority calculation for local queue - Issue #546
 * Skip unnecessary reads from repair history - Issue #548
 * Fix repair job priority - Issue #515
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
 
 ### Merged from 1.0
 
+* Fix logging fault reporter raising duplicate alarm - Issue #557
 * Fix priority calculation for local queue - Issue #546
 * Skip unnecessary reads from repair history - Issue #548
 * Fix repair job priority - Issue #515
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@
 
 #### Merged from 1.0
 
+* Fix logging fault reporter raising duplicate alarm - Issue #557
 * Fix priority calculation for local queue - Issue #546
 * Skip unnecessary reads from repair history - Issue #548
 * Fix repair job priority - Issue #515
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@
 
 ## Version 1.0.8 (Not yet released)
 
+* Fix logging fault reporter raising duplicate alarm - Issue #557
 * Fix priority calculation for local queue - Issue #546
 * Skip unnecessary reads from repair history - Issue #548
 * Fix repair job priority - Issue #515
diff --git a/fm.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/LoggingFaultReporter.java b/fm.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/LoggingFaultReporter.java
index ffa0a838b..bff773341 100644
--- a/fm.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/LoggingFaultReporter.java
+++ b/fm.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/LoggingFaultReporter.java
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ public class LoggingFaultReporter implements RepairFaultReporter
     @Override
     public void raise(FaultCode faultCode, Map<String, Object> data)
     {
-        alarms.put(data.hashCode(), faultCode);
-        LOG.error("Raising alarm: {} - {}", faultCode, data);
+        FaultCode oldCode = alarms.put(data.hashCode(), faultCode);
+        if (oldCode == null || (oldCode == FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING && faultCode == FaultCode.REPAIR_ERROR))
+        {
+            LOG.error("Raising alarm: {} - {}", faultCode, data);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/fm.impl/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/TestLoggingFaultReporter.java b/fm.impl/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/TestLoggingFaultReporter.java
index 0b374ca55..798a2fe82 100644
--- a/fm.impl/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/TestLoggingFaultReporter.java
+++ b/fm.impl/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/impl/TestLoggingFaultReporter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,38 @@ public class TestLoggingFaultReporter
 {
     LoggingFaultReporter loggingFaultReporter = new LoggingFaultReporter();
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAlarmIncreasingSeverity()
+    {
+        Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
+        data.put(RepairFaultReporter.FAULT_KEYSPACE, "keyspace");
+        data.put(RepairFaultReporter.FAULT_TABLE, "table");
+
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING, data);
+        assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms).containsValue(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING);
+
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_ERROR, data);
+        assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms).containsValue(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_ERROR);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRaiseMultipleTimes()
+    {
+        Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
+        data.put(RepairFaultReporter.FAULT_KEYSPACE, "keyspace");
+        data.put(RepairFaultReporter.FAULT_TABLE, "table");
+
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING, data);
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING, data);
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING, data);
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING, data);
+        loggingFaultReporter.raise(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING, data);
+        assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms).containsValue(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_WARNING);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCeaseAlarms()
     {
@@ -59,6 +91,4 @@ public void testCeaseMultipleAlarms()
         loggingFaultReporter.cease(RepairFaultReporter.FaultCode.REPAIR_ERROR, data);
         assertThat(loggingFaultReporter.alarms.size()).isEqualTo(0);
     }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/fm/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/RepairFaultReporter.java b/fm/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/RepairFaultReporter.java
index e2d25a2be..85de02a0e 100644
--- a/fm/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/RepairFaultReporter.java
+++ b/fm/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/fm/RepairFaultReporter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ enum FaultCode
         REPAIR_ERROR
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method might be called multiple times with the same parameters,
+     * implementations of this method should control whether the alarm should be raised.
+     * @param faultCode The fault code
+     * @param data The data containing keyspace and table
+     */
     void raise(FaultCode faultCode, Map<String, Object> data);
 
+    /**
+     * This method might be called multiple times with the same parameters,
+     * implementations of this method should control whether the alarm should be cleared.
+     * @param faultCode The fault code
+     * @param data The data containing keyspace and table
+     */
     void cease(FaultCode faultCode, Map<String, Object> data);
 }