diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index d84d57ac9..3d54bd600 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -402,10 +402,11 @@ void common_params_print_info(const common_params & params, bool print_devices)
 #endif
     COM_TRC("%s: build %d (%s) with %s for %s%s\n", __func__, llama_build_number(), llama_commit(), llama_compiler(), llama_build_target(), build_type);
 
-    COM_INF("%s: verbosity = %d (adjust with the `-lv N` CLI arg)\n", __func__, common_log_get_verbosity_thold());
+    const int verbosity = common_log_get_verbosity_thold();
+    COM_INF("%s: verbosity = %d (adjust with the `-lv N` CLI arg)\n", __func__, verbosity);
 
     // device enumeration creates a primary context on CUDA backends, skip it when the caller does not own any device
-    if (print_devices) {
+    if (print_devices && verbosity >= LOG_LEVEL_TRACE) {
         COM_TRC("%s", "device_info:\n");
         for (size_t i = 0; i < ggml_backend_dev_count(); ++i) {
             auto * dev = ggml_backend_dev_get(i);