diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
index 1498142c..0588d772 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
@@ -40,22 +40,21 @@ template <typename Mutex>
 class dup_filter_sink : public dist_sink<Mutex> {
 public:
     template <class Rep, class Period>
-    explicit dup_filter_sink(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> max_skip_duration,
-                             level::level_enum notification_level = level::info)
-        : max_skip_duration_{max_skip_duration},
-          log_level_{notification_level} {}
+    explicit dup_filter_sink(std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period> max_skip_duration)
+        : max_skip_duration_{max_skip_duration} {}
 
 protected:
     std::chrono::microseconds max_skip_duration_;
     log_clock::time_point last_msg_time_;
     std::string last_msg_payload_;
     size_t skip_counter_ = 0;
-    level::level_enum log_level_;
+    level::level_enum skipped_msg_log_level_ = spdlog::level::level_enum::off;
 
     void sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) override {
         bool filtered = filter_(msg);
         if (!filtered) {
             skip_counter_ += 1;
+            skipped_msg_log_level_ = msg.level;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ protected:
             auto msg_size = ::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Skipped %u duplicate messages..",
                                        static_cast<unsigned>(skip_counter_));
             if (msg_size > 0 && static_cast<size_t>(msg_size) < sizeof(buf)) {
-                details::log_msg skipped_msg{msg.source, msg.logger_name, log_level_,
+                details::log_msg skipped_msg{msg.source, msg.logger_name, skipped_msg_log_level_,
                                              string_view_t{buf, static_cast<size_t>(msg_size)}};
                 dist_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(skipped_msg);
             }