diff --git a/substrate/client/tracing/src/lib.rs b/substrate/client/tracing/src/lib.rs
index bd5045fed7..2107943cf6 100644
--- a/substrate/client/tracing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/tracing/src/lib.rs
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ where
 	}
 
 	fn on_event(&self, event: &Event<'_>, ctx: Context<S>) {
+		if !self.check_target(event.metadata().target(), &event.metadata().level()) {
+			return
+		}
+
 		let parent_id = event.parent().cloned().or_else(|| {
 			if event.is_contextual() {
 				ctx.lookup_current().map(|span| span.id())