diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
index cbba9cd4ed0d..05671ce00527 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ tcp_input(struct mbuf *m, int off0)
 		 */
 		if ((tcp_log_in_vain == 1 && (thflags & TH_SYN)) ||
 		    tcp_log_in_vain == 2) {
-			if ((s = tcp_log_addrs(NULL, th, (void *)ip, ip6)))
+			if ((s = tcp_log_vain(NULL, th, (void *)ip, ip6)))
 				log(LOG_INFO, "%s; %s: Connection attempt "
 				    "to closed port\n", s, __func__);
 		}
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
index f23a54049120..fe8f79a61ed2 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ VNET_DEFINE(uma_zone_t, sack_hole_zone);
 
 static struct inpcb *tcp_notify(struct inpcb *, int);
 static void	tcp_isn_tick(void *);
+static char *	tcp_log_addr(struct in_conninfo *inc, struct tcphdr *th,
+		    void *ip4hdr, const void *ip6hdr);
 
 /*
  * Target size of TCP PCB hash tables. Must be a power of two.
@@ -2233,10 +2235,34 @@ SYSCTL_PROC(_net_inet_tcp, TCPCTL_DROP, drop,
  * Due to header inclusion and ordering limitations the struct ip
  * and ip6_hdr pointers have to be passed as void pointers.
  */
+char *
+tcp_log_vain(struct in_conninfo *inc, struct tcphdr *th, void *ip4hdr,
+    const void *ip6hdr)
+{
+
+	/* Is logging enabled? */
+	if (tcp_log_in_vain == 0)
+		return (NULL);
+
+	return (tcp_log_addr(inc, th, ip4hdr, ip6hdr));
+}
+
 char *
 tcp_log_addrs(struct in_conninfo *inc, struct tcphdr *th, void *ip4hdr,
     const void *ip6hdr)
 {
+
+	/* Is logging enabled? */
+	if (tcp_log_debug == 0)
+		return (NULL);
+
+	return (tcp_log_addr(inc, th, ip4hdr, ip6hdr));
+}
+
+static char *
+tcp_log_addr(struct in_conninfo *inc, struct tcphdr *th, void *ip4hdr,
+    const void *ip6hdr)
+{
 	char *s, *sp;
 	size_t size;
 	struct ip *ip;
@@ -2259,10 +2285,6 @@ tcp_log_addrs(struct in_conninfo *inc, struct tcphdr *th, void *ip4hdr,
 	    2 * INET_ADDRSTRLEN;
 #endif /* INET6 */
 
-	/* Is logging enabled? */
-	if (tcp_log_debug == 0 && tcp_log_in_vain == 0)
-		return (NULL);
-
 	s = malloc(size, M_TCPLOG, M_ZERO|M_NOWAIT);
 	if (s == NULL)
 		return (NULL);
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h b/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h
index 5811439dcd60..7482277be293 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ void	 tcp_destroy(void);
 void	 tcp_fini(void *);
 char 	*tcp_log_addrs(struct in_conninfo *, struct tcphdr *, void *,
 	    const void *);
+char	*tcp_log_vain(struct in_conninfo *, struct tcphdr *, void *,
+	    const void *);
 int	 tcp_reass(struct tcpcb *, struct tcphdr *, int *, struct mbuf *);
 void	 tcp_reass_init(void);
 #ifdef VIMAGE