diff --git a/src/journal/mmap-cache.c b/src/journal/mmap-cache.c
index 9882016436..14e45864a9 100644
--- a/src/journal/mmap-cache.c
+++ b/src/journal/mmap-cache.c
@@ -537,16 +537,10 @@ int mmap_cache_get(
         return add_mmap(m, f, prot, context, keep_always, offset, size, st, ret, ret_size);
 }
 
-unsigned mmap_cache_get_hit(MMapCache *m) {
+void mmap_cache_stats_log_debug(MMapCache *m) {
         assert(m);
 
-        return m->n_hit;
-}
-
-unsigned mmap_cache_get_missed(MMapCache *m) {
-        assert(m);
-
-        return m->n_missed;
+        log_debug("mmap cache statistics: %u hit, %u miss", m->n_hit, m->n_missed);
 }
 
 static void mmap_cache_process_sigbus(MMapCache *m) {
diff --git a/src/journal/mmap-cache.h b/src/journal/mmap-cache.h
index 28d5ab1a56..43dc67f080 100644
--- a/src/journal/mmap-cache.h
+++ b/src/journal/mmap-cache.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ int mmap_cache_get(
 MMapFileDescriptor * mmap_cache_add_fd(MMapCache *m, int fd);
 void mmap_cache_free_fd(MMapCache *m, MMapFileDescriptor *f);
 
-unsigned mmap_cache_get_hit(MMapCache *m);
-unsigned mmap_cache_get_missed(MMapCache *m);
+void mmap_cache_stats_log_debug(MMapCache *m);
 
 bool mmap_cache_got_sigbus(MMapCache *m, MMapFileDescriptor *f);
diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index cb1ab88ca5..946f74d535 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@ _public_ void sd_journal_close(sd_journal *j) {
         safe_close(j->inotify_fd);
 
         if (j->mmap) {
-                log_debug("mmap cache statistics: %u hit, %u miss", mmap_cache_get_hit(j->mmap), mmap_cache_get_missed(j->mmap));
+                mmap_cache_stats_log_debug(j->mmap);
                 mmap_cache_unref(j->mmap);
         }