diff --git a/src/dfb/app.cpp b/src/dfb/app.cpp
index eadd69a205..dfb896d7f0 100644
--- a/src/dfb/app.cpp
+++ b/src/dfb/app.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ bool wxApp::Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded)
 
     s_inYield = true;
 
+#if wxUSE_LOG
     wxLog::Suspend();
+#endif // wxUSE_LOG
 
     // A guarentee that there will be an active event loop:
     wxEventLoopGuarantor dummyLoopIfNeeded;
@@ -146,7 +148,9 @@ bool wxApp::Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded)
     // OnUpdateUI() which is a nice (and desired) side effect)
     while ( ProcessIdle() ) {}
 
+#if wxUSE_LOG
     wxLog::Resume();
+#endif // wxUSE_LOG
 
     s_inYield = false;