diff --git a/lib/curl_sasl.c b/lib/curl_sasl.c
index b7effcf87ace089a3f3902f3562eb6dc19901f8a..5edc0efc1948794edf3c1a96b6fc4ea2afaeb749 100644
--- a/lib/curl_sasl.c
+++ b/lib/curl_sasl.c
@@ -423,7 +423,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message(struct SessionHandle *data,
   unsigned int cnonce2 = 0;
   unsigned int cnonce3 = 0;
   unsigned int cnonce4 = 0;
+#ifndef DEBUGBUILD
   struct timeval now;
+#endif
 
   char nonceCount[] = "00000001";
   char method[]     = "AUTHENTICATE";