diff --git a/src/bin/termptyesc.c b/src/bin/termptyesc.c
index c27f4fa4..59e062af 100644
--- a/src/bin/termptyesc.c
+++ b/src/bin/termptyesc.c
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ _handle_esc_csi(Termpty *ty, const Eina_Unicode *c, Eina_Unicode *ce)
    cc++;
    return cc - c;
 unhandled:
+   if (eina_log_domain_level_check(_termpty_log_dom, EINA_LOG_LEVEL_WARN))
      {
         Eina_Strbuf *bf = eina_strbuf_new();