diff --git a/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
index 6ca04a50e..13a432476 100644
--- a/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
+++ b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
@@ -123,12 +123,14 @@ class HttpCompressionMiddleware:
                     response.body, content_encoding, max_size
                 )
             except _DecompressionMaxSizeExceeded as e:
-                raise IgnoreRequest(
+                msg = (
                     f"Ignored response {response} because its body "
                     f"({len(response.body)} B compressed, "
                     f"{e.decompressed_size} B decompressed so far) exceeded "
                     f"DOWNLOAD_MAXSIZE ({max_size} B) during decompression."
-                ) from e
+                )
+                logger.warning(msg)
+                raise IgnoreRequest(msg) from e
             if len(response.body) < warn_size <= len(decoded_body):
                 logger.warning(
                     f"{response} body size after decompression "
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
index 5c4085657..efc9caf53 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
@@ -538,9 +538,23 @@ class TestHttpCompression:
         mw.open_spider(spider)
 
         response = self._getresponse(f"bomb-{compression_id}")  # 11_511_612 B
-        with pytest.raises(IgnoreRequest) as exc_info:
+        with (
+            LogCapture(
+                "scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression",
+                propagate=False,
+                level=WARNING,
+            ) as log,
+            pytest.raises(IgnoreRequest) as exc_info,
+        ):
             mw.process_response(response.request, response)
         assert exc_info.value.__cause__.decompressed_size < 1_100_000
+        log.check(
+            (
+                "scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression",
+                "WARNING",
+                str(exc_info.value),
+            ),
+        )
 
     def test_compression_bomb_setting_br(self):
         _skip_if_no_br()