diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_evpn.c b/bgpd/bgp_evpn.c
index aa23f0676256..ad101f171a7f 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_evpn.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_evpn.c
@@ -1722,8 +1722,8 @@ static void bgp_evpn_get_sync_info(struct bgp *bgp, esi_t *esi,
 				continue;
 		}
 
-		if (bgp_evpn_path_info_cmp(bgp, tmp_pi,
-				second_best_path, &paths_eq))
+		if (bgp_evpn_path_info_cmp(bgp, tmp_pi, second_best_path,
+					   &paths_eq, false))
 			second_best_path = tmp_pi;
 	}
 
diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.c b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
index df3397af999e..1e4334ed5f43 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
@@ -1493,11 +1493,11 @@ int bgp_path_info_cmp(struct bgp *bgp, struct bgp_path_info *new,
 
 
 int bgp_evpn_path_info_cmp(struct bgp *bgp, struct bgp_path_info *new,
-			     struct bgp_path_info *exist, int *paths_eq)
+			   struct bgp_path_info *exist, int *paths_eq,
+			   bool debug)
 {
 	enum bgp_path_selection_reason reason;
 	char pfx_buf[PREFIX2STR_BUFFER] = {};
-	bool debug = false;
 
 	if (debug)
 		prefix2str(bgp_dest_get_prefix(new->net), pfx_buf,
diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.h b/bgpd/bgp_route.h
index 7470954bf7ae..54fad03e6d4e 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.h
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ extern bool bgp_update_martian_nexthop(struct bgp *bgp, afi_t afi, safi_t safi,
 				       uint8_t type, uint8_t stype,
 				       struct attr *attr, struct bgp_dest *dest);
 extern int bgp_evpn_path_info_cmp(struct bgp *bgp, struct bgp_path_info *new,
-			     struct bgp_path_info *exist, int *paths_eq);
+				  struct bgp_path_info *exist, int *paths_eq,
+				  bool debug);
 extern void bgp_aggregate_toggle_suppressed(struct bgp_aggregate *aggregate,
 					    struct bgp *bgp,
 					    const struct prefix *p, afi_t afi,