diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_netdev.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_netdev.c
index 7f2c0b698090..25a4180cd741 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_netdev.c
@@ -24,42 +24,33 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MHI_DEBUG
 
-#define IPC_LOG_LVL (MHI_MSG_LVL_VERBOSE)
-
-#define MHI_ASSERT(cond, msg) do { \
-	if (cond) \
-		panic(msg); \
-} while (0)
-
 #define MSG_VERB(fmt, ...) do { \
 	if (mhi_netdev->msg_lvl <= MHI_MSG_LVL_VERBOSE) \
 		printk("%s[D][%s] " fmt, KERN_ERR, __func__, \
 				##__VA_ARGS__); \
-	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= MHI_MSG_LVL_VERBOSE) \
+	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log && (*mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= \
+				    MHI_MSG_LVL_VERBOSE)) \
 		ipc_log_string(mhi_netdev->ipc_log, "%s[D][%s] " fmt, \
 				"", __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 } while (0)
 
 #else
 
-#define IPC_LOG_LVL (MHI_MSG_LVL_ERROR)
-
-#define MHI_ASSERT(cond, msg) do { \
-	if (cond) { \
-		MSG_ERR(msg); \
-		WARN_ON(cond); \
-	} \
+#define MSG_VERB(fmt, ...) do { \
+	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log && (*mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= \
+				    MHI_MSG_LVL_VERBOSE)) \
+		ipc_log_string(mhi_netdev->ipc_log, "%s[D][%s] " fmt, \
+			      "",  __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 } while (0)
 
-#define MSG_VERB(fmt, ...)
-
 #endif
 
 #define MSG_LOG(fmt, ...) do { \
 	if (mhi_netdev->msg_lvl <= MHI_MSG_LVL_INFO) \
 		printk("%s[I][%s] " fmt, KERN_ERR, __func__, \
 				##__VA_ARGS__); \
-	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= MHI_MSG_LVL_INFO) \
+	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log && (*mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= \
+				    MHI_MSG_LVL_INFO)) \
 		ipc_log_string(mhi_netdev->ipc_log, "%s[D][%s] " fmt, \
 				"", __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 } while (0)
@@ -68,11 +59,17 @@
 	if (mhi_netdev->msg_lvl <= MHI_MSG_LVL_ERROR) \
 		printk("%s[E][%s] " fmt, KERN_ERR, __func__, \
 				##__VA_ARGS__); \
-	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= MHI_MSG_LVL_ERROR) \
+	if (mhi_netdev->ipc_log && (*mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl <= \
+				    MHI_MSG_LVL_ERROR)) \
 		ipc_log_string(mhi_netdev->ipc_log, "%s[E][%s] " fmt, \
 				"", __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 } while (0)
 
+#define MHI_ASSERT(cond, msg) do { \
+	if (cond) \
+		panic(msg); \
+} while (0)
+
 struct mhi_net_chain {
 	struct sk_buff *head, *tail; /* chained skb */
 };
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ struct mhi_netdev {
 
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	enum MHI_DEBUG_LEVEL msg_lvl;
-	enum MHI_DEBUG_LEVEL ipc_log_lvl;
+	enum MHI_DEBUG_LEVEL *ipc_log_lvl;
 	void *ipc_log;
 
 	/* debug stats */
@@ -978,6 +975,7 @@ static int mhi_netdev_probe(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
 	int ret;
 	struct mhi_netdev *mhi_netdev, *p_netdev = NULL;
 	struct device_node *of_node = mhi_dev->dev.of_node;
+	struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl = mhi_dev->mhi_cntrl;
 	int nr_tre;
 	char node_name[32];
 	struct device_node *phandle;
@@ -1088,7 +1086,7 @@ static int mhi_netdev_probe(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
 			 mhi_netdev->alias);
 		mhi_netdev->ipc_log = ipc_log_context_create(IPC_LOG_PAGES,
 							     node_name, 0);
-		mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl = IPC_LOG_LVL;
+		mhi_netdev->ipc_log_lvl = &mhi_cntrl->log_lvl;
 
 		mhi_netdev_create_debugfs(mhi_netdev);
 	}