diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index fbe45b83a166..33617c365acc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static unsigned int v4l2_poll(struct file *filp, struct poll_table_struct *poll)
 		return DEFAULT_POLLMASK;
 	if (video_is_registered(vdev))
 		res = vdev->fops->poll(filp, poll);
-	if (vdev->debug)
+	if (vdev->debug > 2)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: poll: %08x\n",
 			video_device_node_name(vdev), res);
 	return res;