diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c b/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c
index 0cb21093ff..e3eef3d2e2 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ _gdk_wayland_cursor_get_buffer (GdkCursor *cursor,
     {
       struct wl_cursor_image *image;
       int cursor_scale;
-      gboolean warned = FALSE;
 
       if (image_index >= wayland_cursor->wl_cursor->image_count)
         {
@@ -240,13 +239,9 @@ _gdk_wayland_cursor_get_buffer (GdkCursor *cursor,
       while ((image->width % cursor_scale != 0) ||
              (image->height % cursor_scale != 0))
         {
-          if (!warned)
-            {
-              g_warning (G_STRLOC " cursor image size (%dx%d) not an integer"
-                         "multiple of scale (%d)", image->width, image->height,
-                         cursor_scale);
-              warned = TRUE;
-            }
+          g_warning_once (G_STRLOC " cursor image size (%dx%d) not an integer"
+                     "multiple of scale (%d)", image->width, image->height,
+                     cursor_scale);
           cursor_scale--;
         }