diff --git a/repos/base/include/base/trace/logger.h b/repos/base/include/base/trace/logger.h
index eaa4759d8a..f958d9baa0 100644
--- a/repos/base/include/base/trace/logger.h
+++ b/repos/base/include/base/trace/logger.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct Genode::Trace::Logger
 		 * Log event to trace buffer
 		 */
 		template <typename EVENT>
+		__attribute__((optimize("-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks")))
 		void log(EVENT const *event)
 		{
 			if (!this || !_evaluate_control()) return;
diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/base/trace.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/base/trace.cc
index a326beb067..675dd2668c 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/base/trace.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/base/trace.cc
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ bool Trace::Logger::_evaluate_control()
 }
 
 
+__attribute__((optimize("-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks")))
 void Trace::Logger::log(char const *msg, size_t len)
 {
 	if (!this || !_evaluate_control()) return;