diff --git a/cmd_debug.c b/cmd_debug.c
index 159835b8..8b2cb43b 100644
--- a/cmd_debug.c
+++ b/cmd_debug.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ int cmd_list_journal(int argc, char *argv[])
 			 * log entries denote the start of a new transaction
 			 * commit:
 			 */
-			if (entry->type == BCH_JSET_ENTRY_log)
+			if (entry->type == BCH_JSET_ENTRY_log && !entry->level)
 				pr_newline(&buf);
 			pr_indent_push(&buf, 4);
 			bch2_journal_entry_to_text(&buf, c, entry);