diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java
index b515c1bceb4..45bc9bdf725 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java
@@ -3755,4 +3755,8 @@ OperationFailedRuntimeException capabilityAlreadyRegisteredInContext(String capa
 
     @Message(id = 505, value = "Unsuported deployment yaml file %s with attributes %s")
     IllegalArgumentException unsupportedDeployment(String deployment, Set<String> attribues);
+
+    @LogMessage(level = WARN)
+    @Message(id = 506, value = "The yaml element %s is ignored")
+    void ignoreYamlElement(String yaml);
 }
diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java
index a5c1c443e54..01c5538e15b 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ private void load() {
         for (Path file : files) {
             if (file != null && Files.exists(file) && Files.isRegularFile(file)) {
                 Map<String, Object> yamlConfig = Collections.emptyMap();
+                 Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new OperationConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
                 try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(file)) {
-                    Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new OperationConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
                     yamlConfig = yaml.load(inputStream);
                 } catch (IOException ioex) {
                     throw MGMT_OP_LOGGER.failedToParseYamlConfigurationFile(file.toAbsolutePath().toString(), ioex);
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ private void load() {
                         Object value = config.remove(excluded);
                         if(value != null && value instanceof Map && DEPLOYMENT.equals(excluded)) {
                            deployments.putAll((Map<String, Object>) value);
+                        } else if (value != null){
+                            MGMT_OP_LOGGER.ignoreYamlElement(yaml.dump(value));
                         }
                     }
                     parsedFiles.add(file.toAbsolutePath().toString());