diff --git a/daemon/exec.go b/daemon/exec.go
index 82e267bc2..790fad5d7 100644
--- a/daemon/exec.go
+++ b/daemon/exec.go
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ func (d *Daemon) execCommandGC() {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		logrus.Debugf("clean %d unused exec commands", cleaned)
+		if cleaned > 0 {
+			logrus.Debugf("clean %d unused exec commands", cleaned)
+		}
 	}
 }