diff --git a/logger.c b/logger.c
index 3bf6f02fb0..49444df9e0 100755
--- a/logger.c
+++ b/logger.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void ast_log(int level, const char *file, int line, const char *function, const
 
 	va_list ap;
 	
-	if ((!option_verbose && (level == __LOG_VERBOSE)) || (!option_debug && (level == __LOG_DEBUG))) {
+	if (!option_verbose && !option_debug && (level == __LOG_DEBUG)) {
 		return;
 	}
 	/* Ignore anything that never gets logged anywhere */