diff --git a/src/comp.c b/src/comp.c
index a79ee4ad87..f295106576 100644
--- a/src/comp.c
+++ b/src/comp.c
@@ -4484,7 +4484,7 @@ DEFUN ("comp--compile-ctxt-to-file", Fcomp__compile_ctxt_to_file,
 
   add_driver_options ();
 
-  if (comp.debug)
+  if (comp.debug > 1)
       gcc_jit_context_dump_to_file (comp.ctxt,
 				    format_string ("%s.c", SSDATA (ebase_name)),
 				    1);