diff --git a/apache2/re.c b/apache2/re.c
index 528d471a..4b5e2ae3 100644
--- a/apache2/re.c
+++ b/apache2/re.c
@@ -1899,11 +1899,8 @@ static apr_status_t msre_rule_process_normal(msre_rule *rule, modsec_rec *msr) {
             for(i = 1; i < arr->nelts; i++) {
                 expnames = apr_psprintf(mptmp, "%s|%s", expnames, ((msre_var *)te[i].val)->name);
             }
-            
-            if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 4) {
-                if (strcmp(rule->p1, expnames) != 0) {
-                    msr_log(msr, 4, "Expanded \"%s\" to \"%s\".", rule->p1, expnames);
-                }
+            if (strcmp(rule->p1, expnames) != 0) {
+                msr_log(msr, 4, "Expanded \"%s\" to \"%s\".", rule->p1, expnames);
             }
         }
     }