diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ht.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ht.c
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ht.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ht.c
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@
 {
 #define	_RETURN_CHAN_BITS(_cb)						\
 do {									\
-	IEEE80211_NOTE(ni->ni_vap, IEEE80211_MSG_11N, ni,		\
+	if (0) IEEE80211_NOTE(ni->ni_vap, IEEE80211_MSG_11N, ni,	\
 	    "%s:%d: selected %b", __func__, __LINE__,			\
 	    (_cb), IEEE80211_CHAN_BITS);				\
 	return (_cb);							\