diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_sc_emu.c b/opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_sc_emu.c
index 651ce9b4eb..4f0b289ea6 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_sc_emu.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_sc_emu.c
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 #if OPAL_HAVE_ATOMIC_MATH_64
 static void mca_btl_vader_sc_emu_atomic_64 (int64_t *operand, volatile int64_t *addr, mca_btl_base_atomic_op_t op)
 {
-    int64_t result;
-
-    fprintf (stderr, "Performing atomic operation %d on address %p\n", op, (void *) addr);
+    int64_t result = 0;
 
     switch (op) {
     case MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_ADD:
@@ -56,9 +54,7 @@ static void mca_btl_vader_sc_emu_atomic_64 (int64_t *operand, volatile int64_t *
 #if OPAL_HAVE_ATOMIC_MATH_32
 static void mca_btl_vader_sc_emu_atomic_32 (int32_t *operand, volatile int32_t *addr, mca_btl_base_atomic_op_t op)
 {
-    int32_t result;
-
-    fprintf (stderr, "Performing atomic operation %d on address %p\n", op, (void *) addr);
+    int32_t result = 0;
 
     switch (op) {
     case MCA_BTL_ATOMIC_ADD: