diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
index 05da9d545fa..473b27f0ced 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
@@ -202,8 +202,10 @@ func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalLoadBalancer(clusterName, clusterID string, svc *v
 		// Delete existing forwarding rule before making changes to the backend service. For example - changing protocol
 		// of backend service without first deleting forwarding rule will throw an error since the linked forwarding
 		// rule would show the old protocol.
-		frDiff := cmp.Diff(existingFwdRule, newFwdRule)
-		klog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancer(%v): forwarding rule changed - Existing - %+v\n, New - %+v\n, Diff(-existing, +new) - %s\n. Deleting existing forwarding rule.", loadBalancerName, existingFwdRule, newFwdRule, frDiff)
+		if klog.V(2).Enabled() {
+			frDiff := cmp.Diff(existingFwdRule, newFwdRule)
+			klog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancer(%v): forwarding rule changed - Existing - %+v\n, New - %+v\n, Diff(-existing, +new) - %s\n. Deleting existing forwarding rule.", loadBalancerName, existingFwdRule, newFwdRule, frDiff)
+		}
 		if err = ignoreNotFound(g.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, g.region)); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}