diff --git a/gms/gossiper.cc b/gms/gossiper.cc
index 186037e955..058ded7bd4 100644
--- a/gms/gossiper.cc
+++ b/gms/gossiper.cc
@@ -399,9 +399,10 @@ future<> gossiper::do_send_ack2_msg(locator::host_id from, utils::chunked_vector
         }
     }
     gms::gossip_digest_ack2 ack2_msg(std::move(delta_ep_state_map));
-    logger.debug("Calling do_send_ack2_msg to node {}, ack_msg_digest={}, ack2_msg={}", from, ack_msg_digest, ack2_msg);
+    auto ack2_msg_str = fmt::format("{}", ack2_msg);
+    logger.debug("Calling do_send_ack2_msg to node {}, ack_msg_digest={}, ack2_msg={}", from, ack_msg_digest, ack2_msg_str);
     co_await ser::gossip_rpc_verbs::send_gossip_digest_ack2(&_messaging, from, std::move(ack2_msg));
-    logger.debug("finished do_send_ack2_msg to node {}, ack_msg_digest={}, ack2_msg={}", from, ack_msg_digest, ack2_msg);
+    logger.debug("finished do_send_ack2_msg to node {}, ack_msg_digest={}, ack2_msg={}", from, ack_msg_digest, ack2_msg_str);
 }
 
 // Depends on