diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c b/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c
index cc24114114788bb9113303d361d33a0968a89db7..5464b9d64d868911717a28d9685b823131f00353 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ static int lprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 	char sbuf[1024];
 	va_list argptr;
 
+	if(level>log_level)
+		return 0;
+
     va_start(argptr,fmt);
     vsnprintf(sbuf,sizeof(sbuf),fmt,argptr);
 	sbuf[sizeof(sbuf)-1]=0;