diff --git a/src/reader2/DDefineSsm.cpp b/src/reader2/DDefineSsm.cpp
index 0e38f93d..59388820 100644
--- a/src/reader2/DDefineSsm.cpp
+++ b/src/reader2/DDefineSsm.cpp
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ namespace xo {
         DDefineSsm::on_parsed_typedescr(TypeDescr td,
                                         ParserStateMachine * p_psm)
         {
-            scope log(XO_DEBUG(true), xtag("td", td));
+            scope log(XO_DEBUG(p_psm->debug_flag()), xtag("td", td));
 
             if (defstate_ == defexprstatetype::def_3) {
                 this->defstate_ = defexprstatetype::def_4;