diff --git a/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp b/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp
index f5a805487..b455128ac 100644
--- a/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/HardwareRNG.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ bool mixWithLoRaEntropy(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length)
     // and return false so callers know no extra mixing occurred.
     RadioLibInterface *radio = RadioLibInterface::instance;
     if (!radio) {
-        // Intentionally silent: this path runs during portduinoSetup() before the
-        // console/SerialConsole is initialized, so LOG_* here would dereference a null pointer.
+        LOG_ERROR("No radio instance available to provide entropy");
         return false;
     }