diff --git a/src/libcmd/command.cc b/src/libcmd/command.cc
index 4fc197956..a88ba8134 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/command.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/command.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ EvalCommand::EvalCommand()
 EvalCommand::~EvalCommand()
 {
     if (evalState)
-        evalState->printStats();
+        evalState->maybePrintStats();
 }
 
 ref<Store> EvalCommand::getEvalStore()
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 600444955..b18eb5266 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ bool EvalState::fullGC() {
 #endif
 }
 
-void EvalState::printStats()
+void EvalState::maybePrintStats()
 {
     bool showStats = getEnv("NIX_SHOW_STATS").value_or("0") != "0";
 
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index 3bfa34ef6..c95558952 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ public:
      * Performs a full memory GC before printing the statistics, so that the
      * GC statistics are more accurate.
      */
-    void printStats();
+    void maybePrintStats();
 
     /**
      * Print statistics, unconditionally, cheaply, without performing a GC first.
diff --git a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
index e2189fc66..2895c5e3c 100644
--- a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
+++ b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static void main_nix_build(int argc, char * * argv)
         }
     }
 
-    state->printStats();
+    state->maybePrintStats();
 
     auto buildPaths = [&](const std::vector<DerivedPath> & paths) {
         /* Note: we do this even when !printMissing to efficiently
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index e455a50fd..01742daa8 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ static int main_nix_env(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         op(globals, std::move(opFlags), std::move(opArgs));
 
-        globals.state->printStats();
+        globals.state->maybePrintStats();
 
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
index 446b27e66..d40196497 100644
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
+++ b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int main_nix_instantiate(int argc, char * * argv)
                 evalOnly, outputKind, xmlOutputSourceLocation, e);
         }
 
-        state->printStats();
+        state->maybePrintStats();
 
         return 0;
     }