diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c
index 614cac29d0..6ca93225a5 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_pcie_common.c
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ nvme_pcie_qpair_complete_tracker(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, struct nvme_trac
 	struct nvme_request		*req;
 	bool				retry, error;
 	bool				req_from_current_proc = true;
+	bool				print_error;
 
 	req = tr->req;
 
@@ -641,9 +642,13 @@ nvme_pcie_qpair_complete_tracker(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, struct nvme_trac
 	error = spdk_nvme_cpl_is_error(cpl);
 	retry = error && nvme_completion_is_retry(cpl) &&
 		req->retries < pqpair->retry_count;
+	print_error = error && print_on_error && !qpair->ctrlr->opts.disable_error_logging;
 
-	if (error && print_on_error && !qpair->ctrlr->opts.disable_error_logging) {
+	if (print_error) {
 		spdk_nvme_qpair_print_command(qpair, &req->cmd);
+	}
+
+	if (print_error || SPDK_DEBUGLOG_FLAG_ENABLED("nvme")) {
 		spdk_nvme_qpair_print_completion(qpair, cpl);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 5b2c6f1036..d4e9b03464 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -936,6 +936,9 @@ _nvme_qpair_submit_request(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, struct nvme_request *r
 	}
 
 	if (spdk_likely(rc == 0)) {
+		if (SPDK_DEBUGLOG_FLAG_ENABLED("nvme")) {
+			spdk_nvme_print_command(qpair->id, &req->cmd);
+		}
 		req->queued = false;
 		return 0;
 	}