diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
index 317bd7d..cb152f9 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@
 		}
 
 		// Note: BC work-around for the old 'sess_table_name' setting, should be removed in the future.
-		isset($this->_config['save_path']) OR $this->_config['save_path'] = config_item('sess_table_name');
+		if ( ! isset($this->_config['save_path']) && ($this->_config['save_path'] = config_item('sess_table_name')))
+		{
+			log_message('debug', 'Session: "sess_save_path" is empty; using BC fallback to "sess_table_name".');
+		}
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php
index 119bf65..57c3777 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			log_message('debug', 'Session: "sess_save_path" is empty; using "session.save_path" value from php.ini.');
 			$this->_config['save_path'] = rtrim(ini_get('session.save_path'), '/\\');
 		}
 	}