diff --git a/cgroup.c b/cgroup.c
index e76b29521..1d77b20b5 100644
--- a/cgroup.c
+++ b/cgroup.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static struct cg_set *get_cg_set(struct list_head *ctls, unsigned int n_ctls)
 		list_add_tail(&cs->l, &cg_sets);
 		n_sets++;
 
-		if (log_get_loglevel() >= LOG_DEBUG) {
+		if (!pr_quelled(LOG_DEBUG)) {
 			struct cg_ctl *ctl;
 
 			list_for_each_entry(ctl, &cs->ctls, l)
diff --git a/fsnotify.c b/fsnotify.c
index 0d2a1312e..95995987a 100644
--- a/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fsnotify.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static char *get_mark_path(const char *who, struct file_remap *remap,
 	sprintf(buf, "/proc/self/fd/%d", *target);
 	path = buf;
 
-	if (log_get_loglevel() >= LOG_DEBUG) {
+	if (!pr_quelled(LOG_DEBUG)) {
 		char link[PATH_MAX];
 
 		if (read_fd_link(*target, link, sizeof(link)) < 0)
diff --git a/page-pipe.c b/page-pipe.c
index 010da2470..db58f6a59 100644
--- a/page-pipe.c
+++ b/page-pipe.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void debug_show_page_pipe(struct page_pipe *pp)
 	int i;
 	struct iovec *iov;
 
-	if (log_get_loglevel() < LOG_DEBUG)
+	if (pr_quelled(LOG_DEBUG))
 		return;
 
 	pr_debug("Page pipe:\n");