diff --git a/firebase-perf/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/perf/metrics/Trace.java b/firebase-perf/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/perf/metrics/Trace.java
index 91e5f44b4a0..2c5df82913b 100644
--- a/firebase-perf/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/perf/metrics/Trace.java
+++ b/firebase-perf/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/perf/metrics/Trace.java
@@ -348,8 +348,16 @@ public void incrementMetric(@NonNull String metricName, long incrementBy) {
     // thread-safer
     Counter counter = obtainOrCreateCounterByName(metricName.trim());
     counter.increment(incrementBy);
-    logger.debug(
-        "Incrementing metric '%s' to %d on trace '%s'", metricName, counter.getCount(), name);
+    if (logger.isLogcatEnabled()) {
+      logger.debug(
+          "Incrementing metric '"
+              + metricName
+              + "' to "
+              + counter.getCount()
+              + " on trace '"
+              + name
+              + "'");
+    }
   }
 
   /**