diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 66cc004..d7559b8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -8619,6 +8619,14 @@ pg_stop_backup(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	snprintf(stopxlogstr, sizeof(stopxlogstr), "%X/%X",
 			 stoppoint.xlogid, stoppoint.xrecoff);
+
+	if (XLogArchivingActive())
+		ereport(NOTICE,
+				(errmsg("pg_stop_backup complete, all required WAL segments have been archived")));
+	else
+		ereport(NOTICE,
+				(errmsg("WAL archiving is not enabled; you must ensure that all required WAL segments are copied through other means to complete the backup")));
+
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(stopxlogstr));
 }
 
@@ -8866,13 +8874,7 @@ do_pg_stop_backup(char *labelfile)
 								 "but the database backup will not be usable without all the WAL segments.")));
 			}
 		}
-
-		ereport(NOTICE,
-				(errmsg("pg_stop_backup complete, all required WAL segments have been archived")));
 	}
-	else
-		ereport(NOTICE,
-				(errmsg("WAL archiving is not enabled; you must ensure that all required WAL segments are copied through other means to complete the backup")));
 
 	/*
 	 * We're done.  As a convenience, return the ending WAL location.