diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c
index 580c8e682392c4c5524c789c8b21a75fbbe23314..da400dbe4a105b363721936d822fe07d8b59dc65 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-i2c.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ bttv_i2c_sendbytes(struct bttv *btv, const struct i2c_msg *msg, int last)
 		if (i2c_debug)
 			pr_cont(" %02x", msg->buf[cnt]);
 	}
-	if (!(xmit & BT878_I2C_NOSTOP))
+	if (i2c_debug && !(xmit & BT878_I2C_NOSTOP))
 		pr_cont(">\n");
 	return msg->len;