diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index 2bc4d5f116f1..1cad869494f0 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -299,10 +299,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_skip_recovery(journal_t *journal)
 #ifdef CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG
 		int dropped = info.end_transaction - 
 			be32_to_cpu(journal->j_superblock->s_sequence);
-#endif
 		jbd_debug(1,
 			  "JBD: ignoring %d transaction%s from the journal.\n",
 			  dropped, (dropped == 1) ? "" : "s");
+#endif
 		journal->j_transaction_sequence = ++info.end_transaction;
 	}