diff --git a/src/db/plugins/simple/DatabaseSave.cxx b/src/db/plugins/simple/DatabaseSave.cxx
index 5b93438f9..5c8a83321 100644
--- a/src/db/plugins/simple/DatabaseSave.cxx
+++ b/src/db/plugins/simple/DatabaseSave.cxx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "DatabaseSave.hxx"
 #include "db/DatabaseLock.hxx"
-#include "db/DatabaseError.hxx"
 #include "Directory.hxx"
 #include "DirectorySave.hxx"
 #include "fs/io/BufferedOutputStream.hxx"
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "fs/Charset.hxx"
 #include "util/StringCompare.hxx"
 #include "util/RuntimeError.hxx"
-#include "Log.hxx"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -129,8 +127,6 @@ db_load_internal(TextFile &file, Directory &music_root)
 			throw std::runtime_error("Tag list mismatch, "
 						 "discarding database file");
 
-	LogDebug(db_domain, "reading DB");
-
 	const ScopeDatabaseLock protect;
 	directory_load(file, music_root);
 }
diff --git a/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx b/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
index 54d9372de..958f52c12 100644
--- a/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/db/plugins/simple/SimpleDatabasePlugin.cxx
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ SimpleDatabase::Load()
 
 	TextFile file(path);
 
+	LogDebug(simple_db_domain, "reading DB");
+
 	db_load_internal(file, *root);
 
 	FileInfo fi;