diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c
index 4dd213dc82..dab6c56b75 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ retry_lock:
 			ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &li->li_conninfo.lai_mutex );
 		}
 
-		{
+		if ( LogTest( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE ) ) {
 			snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ),
 				"conn %p fetched refcnt=%u binding=%u%s",
 				(void *)lc, refcnt, binding, expiring ? " expiring" : "" );