diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 19b961934..464d7fbac 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -1359,11 +1359,12 @@ void Curl_conncontrol(struct connectdata *conn, bool closeit,
 #if defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
   (void) reason;
 #endif
+  if(closeit != conn->bits.close) {
+    infof(conn->data, "Marked for [%s]: %s\n", closeit?"closure":"keep alive",
+          reason);
 
-  infof(conn->data, "Marked for [%s]: %s\n", closeit?"closure":"keep alive",
-        reason);
-
-  conn->bits.close = closeit; /* the only place in the source code that should
-                                 assign this bit */
+    conn->bits.close = closeit; /* the only place in the source code that
+                                   should assign this bit */
+  }
 }
 #endif