diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 340c7824ec..54156f48fb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3862.	[cleanup]	Return immediately if we are not going to log the
+			message in ns_client_dumpmessage.
+
 3861.	[security]	Missing isc_buffer_availablelength check results
 			in a REQUIRE assertion when printing out a packet
 			(CVE-2014-3859).  [RT #36078]
diff --git a/bin/named/client.c b/bin/named/client.c
index 9c5f2ddd87..68d14a942d 100644
--- a/bin/named/client.c
+++ b/bin/named/client.c
@@ -3198,6 +3198,9 @@ ns_client_dumpmessage(ns_client_t *client, const char *reason) {
 	int len = 1024;
 	isc_result_t result;
 
+	if (!isc_log_wouldlog(ns_g_lctx, ISC_LOG_DEBUG(1)))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Note that these are multiline debug messages.  We want a newline
 	 * to appear in the log after each message.