diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index d809578e1..bc20f7153 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -907,7 +907,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_loadhostpairs(struct Curl_easy *data)
       char *entry_id;
       size_t entry_len;
       char address[64];
+#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
       char *addresses = NULL;
+#endif
       char *addr_begin;
       char *addr_end;
       char *port_ptr;
@@ -930,7 +932,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_loadhostpairs(struct Curl_easy *data)
         goto err;
 
       port = (int)tmp_port;
+#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
       addresses = end_ptr + 1;
+#endif
 
       while(*end_ptr) {
         size_t alen;