diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/HarfBuzzNGFaceSkia.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/HarfBuzzNGFaceSkia.cpp
index 1752e5b081fa3..ce31c5b66325e 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/HarfBuzzNGFaceSkia.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/HarfBuzzNGFaceSkia.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ static void SkiaGetGlyphWidthAndExtents(SkPaint* paint, hb_codepoint_t codepoint
     uint16_t glyph = codepoint;
 
     paint->getTextWidths(&glyph, sizeof(glyph), &skWidth, &skBounds);
+#if DEBUG_GLYPHS
     ALOGD("returned glyph for %i: width = %f", codepoint, skWidth);
+#endif
     if (width)
         *width = SkScalarToHBFixed(skWidth);
     if (extents) {