diff --git a/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h b/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
index 86e2c7d95983..13c9710939c3 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ void trace_on(void);
 void trace_off(void);
 void trace_init(struct sof *sof);
 void trace_log(bool send_atomic, const void *log_entry,
-	       const struct tr_ctx *ctx, uint32_t id_1, uint32_t id_2,
-	       int arg_count, ...);
+	       const struct tr_ctx *ctx, uint32_t lvl, uint32_t id_1,
+	       uint32_t id_2, int arg_count, ...);
 
 #define _trace_event_with_ids(lvl, class, ctx, id_1, id_2, format, ...)       \
 	_log_message(false, lvl, class, ctx, id_1, id_2,		       \
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ do {									    \
 			META_COUNT_VARAGS_BEFORE_COMPILE(__VA_ARGS__),	    \
 		BASE_LOG_ASSERT_FAIL_MSG				    \
 	);								    \
-	trace_log(atomic, &log_entry, ctx, id_1, id_2,			    \
+	trace_log(atomic, &log_entry, ctx, lvl, id_1, id_2,		    \
 		  PP_NARG(__VA_ARGS__), ##__VA_ARGS__);			    \
 } while (0)
 
diff --git a/src/trace/trace.c b/src/trace/trace.c
index a8b7193ff5cc..411d3a4235f4 100644
--- a/src/trace/trace.c
+++ b/src/trace/trace.c
@@ -96,9 +96,22 @@ static inline void mtrace_event(const char *data, uint32_t length)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACEM */
 
+/**
+ * \brief Runtime trace filtering
+ * \param lvl log level (LOG_LEVEL_ ERROR, INFO, DEBUG ...)
+ * \param uuid uuid address
+ * \return false when trace is filtered out, otherwise true
+ */
+static inline bool trace_filter_pass(uint32_t lvl,
+				     const struct tr_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	/* LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL has low value, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE high */
+	return lvl <= ctx->level;
+}
+
 void trace_log(bool send_atomic, const void *log_entry,
-	       const struct tr_ctx *ctx, uint32_t id_1, uint32_t id_2,
-	       int arg_count, ...)
+	       const struct tr_ctx *ctx, uint32_t lvl, uint32_t id_1,
+	       uint32_t id_2, int arg_count, ...)
 {
 	uint32_t data[MESSAGE_SIZE_DWORDS(_TRACE_EVENT_MAX_ARGUMENT_COUNT)];
 	const int message_size = MESSAGE_SIZE(arg_count);
@@ -109,7 +122,7 @@ void trace_log(bool send_atomic, const void *log_entry,
 	unsigned long flags;
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACEM */
 
-	if (!trace->enable) {
+	if (!trace->enable || !trace_filter_pass(lvl, ctx)) {
 		platform_shared_commit(trace, sizeof(*trace));
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/test/cmocka/src/common_mocks.c b/test/cmocka/src/common_mocks.c
index 0ea7f6460b80..e53279e9636f 100644
--- a/test/cmocka/src/common_mocks.c
+++ b/test/cmocka/src/common_mocks.c
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ void WEAK __panic(uint32_t p, char *filename, uint32_t linenum)
 }
 
 void WEAK trace_log(bool send_atomic, const void *log_entry,
-		    const struct tr_ctx *ctx, uint32_t id_1, uint32_t id_2,
-		    int arg_count, ...)
+		    const struct tr_ctx *ctx, uint32_t lvl, uint32_t id_1,
+		    uint32_t id_2, int arg_count, ...)
 {
 	(void) send_atomic;
 	(void) log_entry;
 	(void) ctx;
+	(void) lvl;
 	(void) id_1;
 	(void) id_2;
 	(void) arg_count;