diff --git a/lib/wp/log.c b/lib/wp/log.c
index 131e6d52..9f418024 100644
--- a/lib/wp/log.c
+++ b/lib/wp/log.c
@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ wp_log_writer_default (GLogLevelFlags log_level_flags,
 /*!
  * \brief Used internally by the debug logging macros. Avoid using it directly.
  *
+ * \deprecated Use \ref wp_logt_checked instead.
+ *
  * This assumes that the arguments are correct and that the log_topic is
  * enabled for the given log_level. No additional checks are performed.
  * \ingroup wplog
@@ -922,6 +924,45 @@ wp_log_checked (
   wp_log_fields_log (&lf);
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Used internally by the debug logging macros. Avoid using it directly.
+ *
+ * This assumes that the arguments are correct and that the log_topic is
+ * enabled for the given log_level. No additional checks are performed.
+ * \ingroup wplog
+ */
+void
+wp_logt_checked (
+    const WpLogTopic *topic,
+    GLogLevelFlags log_level_flags,
+    const gchar *file,
+    const gchar *line,
+    const gchar *func,
+    GType object_type,
+    gconstpointer object,
+    const gchar *message_format,
+    ...)
+{
+  WpLogFields lf = {0};
+  g_autofree gchar *message = NULL;
+  va_list args;
+  const gchar *log_topic = topic ? topic->topic_name : NULL;
+  gboolean debug;
+
+  if (topic)
+    debug = (topic->flags & WP_LOG_TOPIC_LEVEL_MASK & G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+  else
+    debug = wp_want_debug_log (NULL);
+
+  va_start (args, message_format);
+  message = g_strdup_vprintf (message_format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  wp_log_fields_init (&lf, log_topic, level_index_from_flags (log_level_flags), debug,
+      file, line, func, object_type, object, message);
+  wp_log_fields_log (&lf);
+}
+
 static G_GNUC_PRINTF (7, 0) void
 wp_spa_log_logtv (void *object,
     enum spa_log_level level,
diff --git a/lib/wp/log.h b/lib/wp/log.h
index 731bcebd..ad09ba29 100644
--- a/lib/wp/log.h
+++ b/lib/wp/log.h
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ GLogWriterOutput wp_log_writer_default (GLogLevelFlags log_level,
 
 WP_API
 void wp_log_checked (const gchar *log_topic, GLogLevelFlags log_level,
+    const gchar *file, const gchar *line, const gchar *func,
+    GType object_type, gconstpointer object,
+    const gchar *message_format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (8, 9) __attribute__ ((deprecated));
+
+WP_API
+void wp_logt_checked (const WpLogTopic *topic, GLogLevelFlags log_level,
     const gchar *file, const gchar *line, const gchar *func,
     GType object_type, gconstpointer object,
     const gchar *message_format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (8, 9);
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ void wp_log_checked (const gchar *log_topic, GLogLevelFlags log_level,
 #define wp_log(topic, level, type, object, ...) \
 ({ \
   if (G_UNLIKELY (wp_log_topic_is_enabled (topic, level))) \
-    wp_log_checked (topic->topic_name, level, __FILE__, G_STRINGIFY (__LINE__), \
+    wp_logt_checked (topic, level, __FILE__, G_STRINGIFY (__LINE__), \
         G_STRFUNC, type, object, __VA_ARGS__); \
 })
 
diff --git a/modules/module-lua-scripting/api/api.c b/modules/module-lua-scripting/api/api.c
index b991e930..9d5f7d87 100644
--- a/modules/module-lua-scripting/api/api.c
+++ b/modules/module-lua-scripting/api/api.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ log_log (lua_State *L, GLogLevelFlags lvl)
   snprintf (line_str, 11, "%d", ar.currentline);
   ar.name = ar.name ? ar.name : "chunk";
 
-  wp_log_checked (topic->topic_name, lvl,
+  wp_logt_checked (topic, lvl,
       ar.source, line_str, ar.name, type, instance, "%s", message);
   return 0;
 }