diff --git a/src/kademlia/routing_table.cpp b/src/kademlia/routing_table.cpp
index 580326554..11408864d 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/routing_table.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/routing_table.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ bool routing_table::need_refresh(node_id& target) const
 
 	TORRENT_ASSERT(distance_exp(m_id, target) == 160 - num_bits);
 
+#ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
 	TORRENT_LOG(table) << "need_refresh [ bucket: " << num_bits << " target: " << target << " ]";
+#endif
 	m_last_refresh = now;
 	return true;
 }