diff --git a/src/las.c b/src/las.c
index 5c3ed303ee8dd6e7c0e5cd03698f8495e0400ba9..d0559c47de24a4fd29887297c17921552dad9b05 100644
--- a/src/las.c
+++ b/src/las.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \*/
 /**/
 #include "global.h"
-RCSID("$Id: las.c,v 1.213 2000/09/14 11:33:35 grubba Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: las.c,v 1.214 2000/09/15 11:44:50 grubba Exp $");
 
 #include "language.h"
 #include "interpret.h"
@@ -597,10 +597,12 @@ void debug_free_node(node *n)
 
     debug_malloc_touch(n);
 
-#if defined(SHARED_NODES) && defined(PIKE_DEBUG)
+#ifdef SHARED_NODES
+#ifdef PIKE_DEBUG
     if (n->refs) {
       fatal("Node with refs left about to be killed: %8p\n", n);
     }
+#endif /* PIKE_DEBUG */
     sub_node(dmalloc_touch(node *, n));
 #endif /* SHARED_NODES */