diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index c468560..a9c1438 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2164,9 +2164,10 @@
 		list_add(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan, &EXT4_SB(sb)->s_orphan);
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 		if (inode->i_nlink) {
-			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG,
-				"%s: truncating inode %lu to %lld bytes",
-				__func__, inode->i_ino, inode->i_size);
+			if (test_opt(sb, DEBUG))
+				ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG,
+					"%s: truncating inode %lu to %lld bytes",
+					__func__, inode->i_ino, inode->i_size);
 			jbd_debug(2, "truncating inode %lu to %lld bytes\n",
 				  inode->i_ino, inode->i_size);
 			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -2175,9 +2176,10 @@
 			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 			nr_truncates++;
 		} else {
-			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG,
-				"%s: deleting unreferenced inode %lu",
-				__func__, inode->i_ino);
+			if (test_opt(sb, DEBUG))
+				ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG,
+					"%s: deleting unreferenced inode %lu",
+					__func__, inode->i_ino);
 			jbd_debug(2, "deleting unreferenced inode %lu\n",
 				  inode->i_ino);
 			nr_orphans++;