diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
index c0b642ec296381640199156e12c09067db7da77a..7bff0cb2e1d337e590cbd3211e7a44fdd895c7d0 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class Logger
      */
     public static function stats(string $string): void
     {
-        self::log(self::NOTICE, $string, true);
+        self::log(self::NOTICE, $string, self::$logLevel >= self::NOTICE);
     }