diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/logger/NetworkActionsLogger.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/logger/NetworkActionsLogger.java
index 137334ae14fc35..231fbcbb2a07ad 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/logger/NetworkActionsLogger.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/logger/NetworkActionsLogger.java
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ public static void traceRecover(
 
     public static void tracePersist(
             String action, Buffer buffer, Object channelInfo, long checkpointId) {
-        tracePersist(action, buffer.toDebugString(INCLUDE_HASH), channelInfo, checkpointId);
+        if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            tracePersist(action, buffer.toDebugString(INCLUDE_HASH), channelInfo, checkpointId);
+        }
     }
 
     public static void tracePersist(