diff --git a/ktesting/testinglogger.go b/ktesting/testinglogger.go
index 31569357..e8ffd411 100644
--- a/ktesting/testinglogger.go
+++ b/ktesting/testinglogger.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (l tlogger) Info(level int, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 func (l tlogger) Enabled(level int) bool {
-	return l.shared.config.vstate.Enabled(verbosity.Level(level), 1)
+	return l.shared.config.vstate.Enabled(verbosity.Level(level), l.shared.callDepth+1)
 }
 
 func (l tlogger) Error(err error, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
diff --git a/ktesting/testinglogger_test.go b/ktesting/testinglogger_test.go
index fc22e62b..5af646a7 100644
--- a/ktesting/testinglogger_test.go
+++ b/ktesting/testinglogger_test.go
@@ -137,8 +137,25 @@ func TestInfo(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCallDepth(t *testing.T) {
-	logger := ktesting.NewLogger(t, ktesting.NewConfig())
-	logger.Info("hello world")
+	module := "testinglogger_test"
+	level := 10
+	config := ktesting.NewConfig()
+	if err := config.VModule().Set(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%d", module, level)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error setting vmodule: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var buffer logToBuf
+	logger := ktesting.NewLogger(&buffer, config)
+
+	logger.V(level).Info("hello world")
+	expectedOutput := `Ixxx hello world
+`
+
+	actual := buffer.String()
+	actual = headerRe.ReplaceAllString(actual, `${1}xxx `)
+	if actual != expectedOutput {
+		t.Errorf("Expected:\n%sActual:\n%s\n", expectedOutput, actual)
+	}
 }
 
 type logToBuf struct {