diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 66bee7274d6a..2f6f0dd08fca 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3912,7 +3912,8 @@ static void ext4_mb_show_ac(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	struct super_block *sb = ac->ac_sb;
 	ext4_group_t ngroups, i;
 
-	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_flags & EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED)
+	if (!mb_enable_debug ||
+	    (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_flags & EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED))
 		return;
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: Can't allocate:"