diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnselect.el b/lisp/gnus/nnselect.el
index 5ac4c3a64e1..ecec705b326 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnselect.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnselect.el
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ If this variable is nil, or if the provided function returns nil,
 Return an article list."
   (let ((func (alist-get 'nnselect-function specs))
 	(args (alist-get 'nnselect-args specs)))
-    (condition-case err
+    (condition-case-unless-debug err
 	(funcall func args)
       (error (gnus-error 3 "nnselect-run: %s on %s gave error %s" func args err)
 	     []))))