diff --git a/src/osd/OSD.cc b/src/osd/OSD.cc
index 413e15da1c7..7913c41055d 100644
--- a/src/osd/OSD.cc
+++ b/src/osd/OSD.cc
@@ -1528,6 +1528,10 @@ void OSDService::reply_op_error(OpRequestRef op, int err, eversion_t v,
 
 void OSDService::handle_misdirected_op(PG *pg, OpRequestRef op)
 {
+  if (!cct->_conf->osd_debug_misdirected_ops) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const MOSDOp *m = static_cast<const MOSDOp*>(op->get_req());
   assert(m->get_type() == CEPH_MSG_OSD_OP);