Avoid constructing a TraceNode (via ensureRoot) when tracing is disabled.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/storage/src/vespa/storage/distributor/persistencemessagetracker.cpp b/storage/src/vespa/storage/distributor/persistencemessagetracker.cpp
index 9e064087c08..cd5f1558c87 100644
--- a/storage/src/vespa/storage/distributor/persistencemessagetracker.cpp
+++ b/storage/src/vespa/storage/distributor/persistencemessagetracker.cpp
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ PersistenceMessageTrackerImpl::sendReply(MessageSender& sender)
     }
 
     updateMetrics();
-    _trace.setStrict(false);
     if ( ! _trace.isEmpty()) {
+        _trace.setStrict(false);
         _reply->getTrace().addChild(std::move(_trace));
     }