diff --git a/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py b/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py
index 1ffe3e01..c5c798b2 100644
--- a/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py
+++ b/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py
@@ -341,11 +341,12 @@ def run(  # ruff: disable=PLR0913
             if result.returncode == 0:
                 break
             _logger.debug("Environment: %s", env or self.environ)
-            _logger.warning(
-                "Retrying execution failure %s of: %s",
-                result.returncode,
-                " ".join(args),
-            )
+            if retry:
+                _logger.warning(
+                    "Retrying execution failure %s of: %s",
+                    result.returncode,
+                    " ".join(args),
+                )
         return result
 
     @property