diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index d1b381101b6..8e9754c497a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -2255,9 +2255,9 @@ AdvanceXLInsertBuffer(XLogRecPtr upto, bool opportunistic)
 	LWLockRelease(WALBufMappingLock);
 
 #ifdef WAL_DEBUG
-	if (npages > 0)
+	if (XLOG_DEBUG && npages > 0)
 	{
-		elog(DEBUG1, "initialized %d pages, upto %X/%X",
+		elog(DEBUG1, "initialized %d pages, up to %X/%X",
 			 npages, (uint32) (NewPageEndPtr >> 32), (uint32) NewPageEndPtr);
 	}
 #endif