diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc.cc b/passes/techmap/abc.cc
index 48a287c92..085d2e9db 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc.cc
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ void AbcModuleState::extract(AbcSigMap &assign_map, dict<SigSpec, std::string> &
 				}
 			}
 			wire->add_strpool_attribute(ID::src, src_pool);
-		} else {
+		} else if (run_abc.config.abc_node_retention) {
 			log_error("No node retention sources found for wire %s\n", w->name.c_str());
 		}