diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EstablishState.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EstablishState.java
index 5f8466d6e655317c828d410c45e4c3c01b079e01..5f65f98e6ca57e3cbe8cd709fe0182d2981ef848 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EstablishState.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/EstablishState.java
@@ -790,6 +790,10 @@ class EstablishState {
     
     private static class VerifiedEstablishState extends EstablishState {
         @Override public boolean isComplete() { return true; }
+        @Override public void prepareOutbound() {
+            Log log =RouterContext.getCurrentContext().logManager().getLog(VerifiedEstablishState.class);
+            log.warn("prepareOutbound() on verified state, doing nothing!");
+        }
     }
 
     /** @deprecated unused */