diff --git a/src/shared/ByteBuffer.h b/src/shared/ByteBuffer.h
index acbb7f35633..f1d014f8353 100644
--- a/src/shared/ByteBuffer.h
+++ b/src/shared/ByteBuffer.h
@@ -54,11 +54,20 @@ class ByteBufferException
 
         void PrintPosError() const
         {
+            char const* traceStr;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ACE_STACK_TRACE_H
             ACE_Stack_Trace trace;
+            traceStr = trace.c_str();
+#else
+            traceStr = NULL;
+#endif
+
             sLog.outError(
                 "Attempted to %s in ByteBuffer (pos: " SIZEFMTD " size: "SIZEFMTD") "
-                "value with size: " SIZEFMTD "\n%s",
-                (add ? "put" : "get"), pos, size, esize, trace.c_str());
+                "value with size: " SIZEFMTD "%s%s",
+                (add ? "put" : "get"), pos, size, esize,
+                traceStr ? "\n" : "", traceStr ? traceStr : "");
         }
     private:
         bool add;