diff --git a/gen/tollvm.cpp b/gen/tollvm.cpp
index 8282511b..0f3b1646 100644
--- a/gen/tollvm.cpp
+++ b/gen/tollvm.cpp
@@ -246,13 +246,19 @@ LLValue* DtoDelegateEquals(TOK op, LLValue* lhs, LLValue* rhs)
 
 LLGlobalValue::LinkageTypes DtoLinkage(Dsymbol* sym)
 {
+    const bool mustDefine = mustDefineSymbol(sym);
+
     // global variable
     if (VarDeclaration* vd = sym->isVarDeclaration())
     {
-        if (mustDefineSymbol(vd))
-            Logger::println("Variable %savailable externally: %s", (vd->availableExternally ? "" : "not "), vd->toChars());
+        if (mustDefine)
+        {
+            IF_LOG Logger::println("Variable %savailable externally: %s",
+                (vd->availableExternally ? "" : "not "), vd->toChars());
+        }
+
         // generated by inlining semantics run
-        if (vd->availableExternally && mustDefineSymbol(sym))
+        if (vd->availableExternally && mustDefine)
             return llvm::GlobalValue::AvailableExternallyLinkage;
         // template
         if (needsTemplateLinkage(sym))
@@ -264,8 +270,12 @@ LLGlobalValue::LinkageTypes DtoLinkage(Dsymbol* sym)
     // function
     else if (FuncDeclaration* fdecl = sym->isFuncDeclaration())
     {
-        if (mustDefineSymbol(fdecl))
-            Logger::println("Function %savailable externally: %s", (fdecl->availableExternally ? "" : "not "), fdecl->toChars());
+        if (mustDefine)
+        {
+            IF_LOG Logger::println("Function %savailable externally: %s",
+                (fdecl->availableExternally ? "" : "not "), fdecl->toChars());
+        }
+
         assert(fdecl->type->ty == Tfunction);
         TypeFunction* ft = static_cast<TypeFunction*>(fdecl->type);
 
@@ -273,7 +283,7 @@ LLGlobalValue::LinkageTypes DtoLinkage(Dsymbol* sym)
         if (fdecl->llvmInternal == LLVMintrinsic)
             return llvm::GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage;
         // generated by inlining semantics run
-        if (fdecl->availableExternally && mustDefineSymbol(sym))
+        if (fdecl->availableExternally && mustDefine)
             return llvm::GlobalValue::AvailableExternallyLinkage;
         // array operations are always template linkage
         if (fdecl->isArrayOp == 1)
@@ -297,10 +307,13 @@ LLGlobalValue::LinkageTypes DtoLinkage(Dsymbol* sym)
     // class
     else if (ClassDeclaration* cd = sym->isClassDeclaration())
     {
-        if (mustDefineSymbol(cd))
-            Logger::println("Class %savailable externally: %s", (cd->availableExternally ? "" : "not "), vd->toChars());
+        if (mustDefine)
+        {
+            IF_LOG Logger::println("Class %savailable externally: %s",
+                (cd->availableExternally ? "" : "not "), vd->toChars());
+        }
         // generated by inlining semantics run
-        if (cd->availableExternally && mustDefineSymbol(sym))
+        if (cd->availableExternally && mustDefine)
             return llvm::GlobalValue::AvailableExternallyLinkage;
         // template
         if (needsTemplateLinkage(cd))
@@ -318,7 +331,7 @@ LLGlobalValue::LinkageTypes DtoLinkage(Dsymbol* sym)
     // interface methods (where __require/__ensure are emitted to the module
     // where the interface is declared, but an actual interface implementation
     // can be in a completely different place).
-    bool skipNestedCheck = !mustDefineSymbol(sym);
+    bool skipNestedCheck = !mustDefine;
     if (!skipNestedCheck)
         if (FuncDeclaration* fd = sym->isFuncDeclaration())
             skipNestedCheck = (fd->naked != 0) ||