--- a/make/Javadoc.gmk	Wed Jan 11 13:00:05 2017 +0100
+++ b/make/Javadoc.gmk	Thu Jan 12 10:08:16 2017 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -235,10 +235,6 @@
 
   $1_OPTIONS += --add-modules $$(call CommaList, $$($1_MODULES))
 
-  ifneq ($$(LOG_LEVEL), trace)
-    $1_OPTIONS += -quiet
-  endif
-
   ifneq ($$($1_DISABLED_DOCLINT), )
     # Create a string like ",-syntax,-html"
     $1_DOCLINT_EXCEPTIONS := ,$$(call CommaList, $$(addprefix -, $$($1_DISABLED_DOCLINT)))
@@ -292,6 +288,13 @@
   $1_VARDEPS_FILE := $$(call DependOnVariable, $1_VARDEPS, \
        $$(SUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/docs/$1.vardeps)
 
+  # Do not store debug level options in VARDEPS.
+  ifneq ($$(LOG_LEVEL), trace)
+    $1_OPTIONS += -quiet
+  else
+    $1_OPTIONS += -verbose
+  endif
+
   $1_PACKAGE_DEPS := $$(call CacheFind, $$(wildcard $$(foreach p, \
       $$(subst .,/,$$(strip $$($1_PACKAGES))), \
       $$(addsuffix /$$p, $$(wildcard $$(JAVADOC_SOURCE_DIRS))))))