diff --git a/main/main.ino b/main/main.ino
index 8b0324d334..ee9242342a 100644
--- a/main/main.ino
+++ b/main/main.ino
@@ -530,9 +530,11 @@ void connectMQTT() {
     Log.warning(F("failure_number_mqtt: %d" CR), failure_number_mqtt);
     Log.warning(F("failed, rc=%d" CR), client.state());
 #if defined(ESP32)
-    Log.warning(F("failed, ssl error code=%d" CR), ((WiFiClientSecure*)eClient)->lastError(nullptr, 0));
+    if (mqtt_secure)
+      Log.warning(F("failed, ssl error code=%d" CR), ((WiFiClientSecure*)eClient)->lastError(nullptr, 0));
 #elif defined(ESP8266)
-    Log.warning(F("failed, ssl error code=%d" CR), ((WiFiClientSecure*)eClient)->getLastSSLError());
+    if (mqtt_secure)
+      Log.warning(F("failed, ssl error code=%d" CR), ((WiFiClientSecure*)eClient)->getLastSSLError());
 #endif
     digitalWrite(LED_ERROR, LED_ERROR_ON);
     delay(2000);