diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index 681a6b7a..06127ca4 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ if ! (
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if (( maxloglvl >= 5 )); then
+if (( maxloglvl >= 5 )) && (( verbosity_mod_l >= 0 )); then
     if [[ $allowlocal ]]; then
 	"$dracutbasedir/lsinitrd.sh" "${DRACUT_TMPDIR}/initramfs.img"| ddebug
     else