diff --git a/examples/platform/esp32/PigweedLogger.cpp b/examples/platform/esp32/PigweedLogger.cpp
index 84140f580e90fb..39851850bfa34c 100644
--- a/examples/platform/esp32/PigweedLogger.cpp
+++ b/examples/platform/esp32/PigweedLogger.cpp
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ extern "C" void __wrap_esp_log_write(esp_log_level_t level, const char * tag, co
 {
     va_list v;
     va_start(v, format);
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL_NONE
-    if (uartInitialised)
+    if (uartInitialised && level <= CONFIG_LOG_MAXIMUM_LEVEL)
     {
         char formattedMsg[CHIP_CONFIG_LOG_MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE];
         size_t len = vsnprintf(formattedMsg, sizeof formattedMsg, format, v);
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ extern "C" void __wrap_esp_log_write(esp_log_level_t level, const char * tag, co
         PigweedLogger::putString(formattedMsg, len);
     }
 #endif
+
     va_end(v);
 }