diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97a3d669871..bb38633c0d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 - Allow multiple UncaughtExceptionHandlerIntegrations to be active at the same time ([#4462](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4462))
 - Prevent repeated scroll target determination during a single scroll gesture ([#4557](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4557))
   - This should reduce the number of ANRs seen in `SentryGestureListener`
+- Do not use Sentry logging API in Log4j2 if logs are disabled ([#4573](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4573))
+  - This was causing Sentry SDK to log warnings: "Sentry Log is disabled and this 'logger' call is a no-op."
 
 ## 8.17.0
 
diff --git a/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java b/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
index a32af15e2ea..dddc6f3b902 100644
--- a/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
+++ b/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ public void start() {
 
   @Override
   public void append(final @NotNull LogEvent eventObject) {
-    if (eventObject.getLevel().isMoreSpecificThan(minimumLevel)) {
+    if (scopes.getOptions().getLogs().isEnabled()
+        && eventObject.getLevel().isMoreSpecificThan(minimumLevel)) {
       captureLog(eventObject);
     }
     if (eventObject.getLevel().isMoreSpecificThan(minimumEventLevel)) {
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-log4j2/src/main/resources/sentry.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-log4j2/src/main/resources/sentry.properties
index 47c00f6405f..b2310e08f89 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-log4j2/src/main/resources/sentry.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-log4j2/src/main/resources/sentry.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 in-app-includes="io.sentry.samples"
 logs.enabled=true
+debug=true