diff --git a/elks/arch/i86/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/elks/arch/i86/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 8c96cf766..0ad819620 100644
--- a/elks/arch/i86/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/elks/arch/i86/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ static void add_request(struct blk_dev_struct *dev, struct request *req)
         req->rq_next = tmp->rq_next;
         tmp->rq_next = req;
         set_irq();
+#if DEBUG_CACHE
+        if (debug_level) {
+            int n = 0;
+            for (tmp = dev->current_request; tmp->rq_next; tmp = tmp->rq_next)
+                n++;
+            if (n > 1) printk("REQS %d ", n);
+        }
+#endif
 #else
         panic("add_request");   /* non-empty request queue */
 #endif
diff --git a/elks/include/linuxmt/debug.h b/elks/include/linuxmt/debug.h
index 239404ebc..9d900c1e5 100644
--- a/elks/include/linuxmt/debug.h
+++ b/elks/include/linuxmt/debug.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define DEBUG_LEVEL     0               /* default startup debug level*/
 #define DEBUG_BIOS      0               /* BIOS driver*/
 #define DEBUG_BLK       0               /* block i/o*/
-#define DEBUG_CACHE     1               /* floppy track cache*/
+#define DEBUG_CACHE     0               /* floppy track cache*/
 #define DEBUG_ETH       0               /* ethernet*/
 #define DEBUG_FAT       0               /* FAT filesystem*/
 #define DEBUG_FILE      0               /* sys open and file i/o*/