diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/loggingjakartacommons/xml/GuardDebugLogging.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/loggingjakartacommons/xml/GuardDebugLogging.xml
index 97c8b37386..0d089e5e97 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/loggingjakartacommons/xml/GuardDebugLogging.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/loggingjakartacommons/xml/GuardDebugLogging.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ public class Test {
         __log.debug("bla" + "",e );
         }
     }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+Complex logging wit misplaced guard
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Test {
+    private static final Log __log = LogFactory.getLog(Test.class);
+    public void test() {
+        if (true) {
+            // bad:
+            __log.debug("log something" + " and " + "concat strings");
+            // this is useless:
+            __log.isDebugEnabled();
+        }
+    }
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/pmd/rulesets/java/logging-jakarta-commons.xml b/pmd/rulesets/java/logging-jakarta-commons.xml
index 864b93a43a..b993c48741 100644
--- a/pmd/rulesets/java/logging-jakarta-commons.xml
+++ b/pmd/rulesets/java/logging-jakarta-commons.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class Foo {
             <property name="xpath">
             <value>
             <![CDATA[
-                //PrimaryPrefix[ends-with(Name/@Image, '.debug') and count(../descendant::AdditiveExpression) > 0 and count(ancestor::IfStatement/descendant::PrimaryExpression[ends-with(descendant::PrimaryPrefix/Name/@Image, 'isDebugEnabled')]) = 0]
+                //PrimaryPrefix[ends-with(Name/@Image, '.debug') and count(../descendant::AdditiveExpression) > 0 and count(ancestor::IfStatement/Expression/descendant::PrimaryExpression[ends-with(descendant::PrimaryPrefix/Name/@Image, 'isDebugEnabled')]) = 0]
             ]]>
             </value>
             </property>