diff --git a/src/nm-route-manager.c b/src/nm-route-manager.c
index daccb1639..4bc416d0e 100644
--- a/src/nm-route-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-route-manager.c
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ static const VTableIP vtable_v4, vtable_v6;
 #define _LOGT_ENABLED(addr_family)   _LOG_LEVEL_ENABLED (LOGL_TRACE, addr_family)
 #define _LOGT(addr_family, ...)      _LOG (LOGL_TRACE, addr_family, __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
-#define _LOGT_ENABLED(addr_family)   FALSE
-#define _LOGT(addr_family, ...)      G_STMT_START { (void) 0; } G_STMT_END
+#define _LOGT_ENABLED(addr_family)   (FALSE && _LOG_LEVEL_ENABLED (LOGL_TRACE, addr_family))
+#define _LOGT(addr_family, ...)      G_STMT_START { if (FALSE) { _LOG (LOGL_TRACE, addr_family, __VA_ARGS__); } } G_STMT_END
 #endif
 
 #define _LOGD(addr_family, ...)      _LOG (LOGL_DEBUG, addr_family, __VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 104319d85..65dd60f56 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 #define _LOGT(...)          _LOG (LOGL_TRACE, _LOG_DOMAIN, platform, __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
 #define _LOGT_ENABLED()     FALSE
-#define _LOGT(...)          G_STMT_START { (void) 0; } G_STMT_END
+#define _LOGT(...)          G_STMT_START { if (FALSE) { _LOG (LOGL_TRACE, _LOG_DOMAIN, platform, __VA_ARGS__); } } G_STMT_END
 #endif
 
 #define _LOGD(...)      _LOG (LOGL_DEBUG, _LOG_DOMAIN, platform, __VA_ARGS__)