diff --git a/lib/curl_gssapi.c b/lib/curl_gssapi.c
index 46e0004994..c0eb1c4db1 100644
--- a/lib/curl_gssapi.c
+++ b/lib/curl_gssapi.c
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ OM_uint32 Curl_gss_delete_sec_context(OM_uint32 *min,
   return gss_delete_sec_context(min, context, output_token);
 }
 
+#ifdef CURLVERBOSE
 #define GSS_LOG_BUFFER_LEN 1024
 static size_t display_gss_error(OM_uint32 status, int type,
                                 char *buf, size_t len)
@@ -436,9 +437,9 @@ void Curl_gss_log_error(struct Curl_easy *data, const char *prefix,
 
   display_gss_error(minor, GSS_C_MECH_CODE, buf, len);
 
-  NOVERBOSE((void)prefix);
   infof(data, "%s%s", prefix, buf);
 }
+#endif /* CURLVERBOSE */
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__APPLE__)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
diff --git a/lib/curl_gssapi.h b/lib/curl_gssapi.h
index 8c09c72c9b..0d3609715a 100644
--- a/lib/curl_gssapi.h
+++ b/lib/curl_gssapi.h
@@ -47,9 +47,19 @@ OM_uint32 Curl_gss_delete_sec_context(OM_uint32 *min,
                                       gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle,
                                       gss_buffer_t output_token);
 
+#ifdef CURLVERBOSE
 /* Helper to log a GSS-API error status */
 void Curl_gss_log_error(struct Curl_easy *data, const char *prefix,
                         OM_uint32 major, OM_uint32 minor);
+#else
+#define Curl_gss_log_error(data, prefix, major, minor) \
+  do {                                                 \
+    (void)(data);                                      \
+    (void)(prefix);                                    \
+    (void)(major);                                     \
+    (void)(minor);                                     \
+  } while(0)
+#endif
 
 /* Define our privacy and integrity protection values */
 #define GSSAUTH_P_NONE      1