diff --git a/libr/core/visual.c b/libr/core/visual.c
index 9c7bcbf9ba9c1..f64d33a266286 100644
--- a/libr/core/visual.c
+++ b/libr/core/visual.c
@@ -4625,6 +4625,10 @@ static void visual_refresh_oneshot(RCore *core) {
 }
 
 static int varcount(RCore *core, RAnalFunction *f) {
+	int mode = r_config_get_i (core->config, "asm.var.summary");
+	if (mode != 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
 	RAnalFcnVarsCache vars_cache;
 	if (!f) {
 		f = r_anal_get_function_at (core->anal, core->offset);