diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidget.c b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
index 13421eab69..c910e43f7b 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
@@ -5981,12 +5981,14 @@ gtk_widget_size_allocate_with_baseline (GtkWidget     *widget,
       gtk_widget_queue_draw (widget);
     }
 
+#ifdef G_ENABLE_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS
   if (gtk_widget_get_resize_needed (widget))
     {
       g_warning ("Allocating size to %s %p without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). "
                  "How does the code know the size to allocate?",
                  gtk_widget_get_name (widget), widget);
     }
+#endif
 
   if (GTK_DEBUG_CHECK (GEOMETRY))
     {