diff --git a/source/libs/planner/src/planner.c b/source/libs/planner/src/planner.c
index dacc696705..c6a4a97f6e 100644
--- a/source/libs/planner/src/planner.c
+++ b/source/libs/planner/src/planner.c
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
 #include "tglobal.h"
 
 static void dumpQueryPlan(SQueryPlan* pPlan) {
+  if (!tsQueryPlannerTrace) {
+    return;
+  }
   char* pStr = NULL;
   nodesNodeToString((SNode*)pPlan, false, &pStr, NULL);
   planDebugL("QID:0x%" PRIx64 " Query Plan: %s", pPlan->queryId, pStr);
-  printf("QueryPlan\n%s\n\n", pStr);
   taosMemoryFree(pStr);
 }