diff --git a/master/fsm_coe.c b/master/fsm_coe.c
index ec7b2906622d52fe9c265a81674e8217690f4ff6..08987d5e168d912123b7d0fe10c7db2d9ef994f7 100644
--- a/master/fsm_coe.c
+++ b/master/fsm_coe.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ void ec_fsm_coe_dict_response(ec_fsm_coe_t *fsm /**< finite state machine */)
     }
 
     fragments_left = EC_READ_U16(data + 4);
-    if (slave->master->debug_level && fragments_left) {
+    if (fragments_left) {
         EC_SLAVE_DBG(slave, 1, "SDO list fragments left: %u\n",
                 fragments_left);
     }