diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Watchers/LogWatcher.php b/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Watchers/LogWatcher.php
index 7bacfa70a..e22a294af 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Watchers/LogWatcher.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Watchers/LogWatcher.php
@@ -29,15 +29,27 @@ public function register(Application $app): void
         $this->logger = $app['log'];
     }
 
+    public function shouldRecordLog(MessageLogged $log): bool
+    {
+        $underlyingLogger = $this->logger->getLogger();
+
+        /** @phan-suppress-next-line PhanUndeclaredMethod */
+        if (method_exists($underlyingLogger, 'isHandling')
+            && method_exists($underlyingLogger, 'toMonologLevel')
+            && !$underlyingLogger->isHandling($underlyingLogger->toMonologLevel($log->level))
+        ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Record a log.
      */
     public function recordLog(MessageLogged $log): void
     {
-        $underlyingLogger = $this->logger->getLogger();
-
-        /** @phan-suppress-next-line PhanUndeclaredMethod */
-        if (method_exists($underlyingLogger, 'isHandling') && !$underlyingLogger->isHandling($log->level)) {
+        if (!$this->shouldRecordLog($log)) {
             return;
         }