diff --git a/src/io/dataset_loader.cpp b/src/io/dataset_loader.cpp
index 8350520d5369..3caa8bb31a16 100644
--- a/src/io/dataset_loader.cpp
+++ b/src/io/dataset_loader.cpp
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ Dataset* DatasetLoader::LoadFromFile(const char* filename, int rank, int num_mac
   }
   // check meta data
   dataset->metadata_.CheckOrPartition(num_global_data, used_data_indices);
+  data_size_t num_queries = dataset->metadata_.num_queries();
+  if (num_queries > 0) {
+    Log::Debug("Number of queries in %s: %i. Average number of rows per query: %f.",
+      filename, static_cast<int>(num_queries), static_cast<double>(dataset->num_data_) / num_queries);
+  }
   // need to check training data
   CheckDataset(dataset.get(), is_load_from_binary);
 
diff --git a/src/io/metadata.cpp b/src/io/metadata.cpp
index 859a67c77ca3..63a1690906a2 100644
--- a/src/io/metadata.cpp
+++ b/src/io/metadata.cpp
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ void Metadata::CheckOrPartition(data_size_t num_all_data, const std::vector<data
       for (size_t i = 0; i < tmp_buffer.size(); ++i) {
         query_boundaries_[i + 1] = query_boundaries_[i] + tmp_buffer[i];
       }
-      Log::Info("Number of queries: %i. Average number of rows per query: %f.",
-        static_cast<int>(num_queries_), static_cast<double>(num_data_) / num_queries_);
       LoadQueryWeights();
       queries_.clear();
     }