diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
index 856f23fe52505159176a17411452eea67d53690f..048cf165d4122a02ebe1d7fc7cae211edb1fd709 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class Logger
      */
     public static function stats($string)
     {
-        self::log(self::NOTICE, $string, true);
+        self::log(self::NOTICE, $string, self::$logLevel >= self::NOTICE);
     }