diff --git a/include/zephyr/logging/log_core.h b/include/zephyr/logging/log_core.h
index 41936eb6696..42ef6e99062 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/logging/log_core.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/logging/log_core.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static inline char z_log_minimal_level_to_char(int level)
 	} \
 	\
 	bool is_user_context = k_is_user_context(); \
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_FRONTEND) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_RUNTIME_FILTERING) && \
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_RUNTIME_FILTERING) && \
 	    !is_user_context && _level > Z_LOG_RUNTIME_FILTER((_dsource)->filters)) { \
 		break; \
 	} \
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static inline char z_log_minimal_level_to_char(int level)
 					    (const char *)(_data), (_len));\
 		break; \
 	} \
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_FRONTEND) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_RUNTIME_FILTERING) && \
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_RUNTIME_FILTERING) && \
 	    !is_user_context && (_level) > Z_LOG_RUNTIME_FILTER(filters)) { \
 		break; \
 	} \
diff --git a/subsys/logging/log_msg.c b/subsys/logging/log_msg.c
index b2b6aee9e21..c45eb2201da 100644
--- a/subsys/logging/log_msg.c
+++ b/subsys/logging/log_msg.c
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ static bool frontend_runtime_filtering(const void *source, uint32_t level)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	/* If only frontend is used and log got here it means that it was accepted. */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_FRONTEND_ONLY)) {
+	/* If only frontend is used and log got here it means that it was accepted
+	 * unless userspace is enabled then runtime filtering is done here.
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USERSPACE) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_FRONTEND_ONLY)) {
 		return true;
 	}