diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5cb5bde3..8f771703 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ HISTORY
 
   ++ Bugfixes:
 
+  2009-08-23 Simon Goldschmidt
+  * ppp.c: bug #27266: wait-state debug message in pppMain occurs every ms
+
   2009-08-23 Simon Goldschmidt
   * udp.c: bug #27252: Address pointer invalid after freeing pbuf in UDP
     receive callback
diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c b/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
index 8720c336..5b2aa783 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
@@ -1537,8 +1537,8 @@ pppMain(void *arg)
       if(c > 0) {
         pppInProc(pd, p->payload, c);
       } else {
-        PPPDEBUG((LOG_DEBUG, "pppMain: unit %d sio_read len=%d returned %d\n", pd, p->len, c));
-        sys_msleep(1); /* give other tasks a chance to run */
+        /* nothing received, give other tasks a chance to run */
+        sys_msleep(1);
       }
     }
   }