diff --git a/rest/request.go b/rest/request.go
index 86f51229e1..ef94353011 100644
--- a/rest/request.go
+++ b/rest/request.go
@@ -1051,13 +1051,13 @@ func truncateBody(body string) string {
 // allocating a new string for the body output unless necessary. Uses a simple heuristic to determine
 // whether the body is printable.
 func glogBody(prefix string, body []byte) {
-	if klog.V(8).Enabled() {
+	if klogV := klog.V(8); klogV.Enabled() {
 		if bytes.IndexFunc(body, func(r rune) bool {
 			return r < 0x0a
 		}) != -1 {
-			klog.Infof("%s:\n%s", prefix, truncateBody(hex.Dump(body)))
+			klogV.Infof("%s:\n%s", prefix, truncateBody(hex.Dump(body)))
 		} else {
-			klog.Infof("%s: %s", prefix, truncateBody(string(body)))
+			klogV.Infof("%s: %s", prefix, truncateBody(string(body)))
 		}
 	}
 }