diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 431ff41b352048..900c2e7e1d7f37 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1728,10 +1728,11 @@ def callHandlers(self, record):
         c = self
         found = 0
         while c:
-            for hdlr in c.handlers:
-                found = found + 1
-                if record.levelno >= hdlr.level:
-                    hdlr.handle(record)
+            if record.levelno >= c.level:
+                for hdlr in c.handlers:
+                    found = found + 1
+                    if record.levelno >= hdlr.level:
+                        hdlr.handle(record)
             if not c.propagate:
                 c = None    #break out
             else:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-10-02-40-29.gh-issue-139878.0hVfBS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-10-02-40-29.gh-issue-139878.0hVfBS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6cf9181c99372f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-10-02-40-29.gh-issue-139878.0hVfBS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+In addition to checking the handler level, also verify the logger level when propagating log message.