diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 307be27864..5fc575f892 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -6814,7 +6814,7 @@ restart:
 		 * Except mixbus that allows up to 3 (aux-sends, sends to mixbusses 1-8, sends to mixbusses 9-12,
 		 * and then there's JACK */
 		if (++bailout < 5) {
-			cerr << "restarting Session::update_latency. # of send changes: " << _send_latency_changes << " iteration: " << bailout << endl;
+			DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::LatencyCompensation, string_compose ("restarting update. send changes: %1, iteration: %2\n", _send_latency_changes, bailout));
 			goto restart;
 		}
 	}