diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/index/composites/CompositesSearcher.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/index/composites/CompositesSearcher.java
index 5c1abc9775..8483c15ea3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/index/composites/CompositesSearcher.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/index/composites/CompositesSearcher.java
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ public class CompositesSearcher extends SecondaryIndexSearcher
                         else
                             previousPrefix = null;
 
-                        logger.trace("Adding index hit to current row for {}", indexComparator.getString(cell.name()));
+                        if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
+                            logger.trace("Adding index hit to current row for {}", indexComparator.getString(cell.name()));
 
                         // We always query the whole CQL3 row. In the case where the original filter was a name filter this might be
                         // slightly wasteful, but this probably doesn't matter in practice and it simplify things.