diff --git a/dbus/dbus-memory.c b/dbus/dbus-memory.c
index 47296267..a37759c0 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-memory.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-memory.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ _dbus_get_fail_alloc_failures (void)
 }
 
 #ifdef DBUS_BUILD_TESTS
+static dbus_bool_t called = 0;
 /**
  * Called when about to alloc some memory; if
  * it returns #TRUE, then the allocation should
@@ -247,10 +248,9 @@ _dbus_decrement_fail_alloc_counter (void)
   _dbus_initialize_malloc_debug ();
 #ifdef DBUS_WIN_FIXME
   {
-    static dbus_bool_t called = 0;
     if (!called)
       {
-        _dbus_warn("TODO: memory allocation testing errors disabled for now\n");
+        _dbus_verbose("TODO: memory allocation testing errors disabled for now\n");
         called = 1;
       }
     return FALSE;