diff --git a/src/V3Delayed.cpp b/src/V3Delayed.cpp
index 4e9ea27b6..209218b8e 100644
--- a/src/V3Delayed.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Delayed.cpp
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ class DelayedVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         if (nodep->user1SetOnce()) return;
 
         if (m_cfuncp) {
-            if (v3Global.opt.timing().isSetFalse()) {
+            if (!v3Global.rootp()->nbaEventp()) {
                 nodep->v3warn(
                     E_NOTIMING,
                     "Delayed assignment in a non-inlined function/task requires --timing");
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_assigndly_dynamic_notiming_bad.v b/test_regress/t/t_assigndly_dynamic_notiming_bad.v
index c84a5b4d8..e2eacf4ef 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_assigndly_dynamic_notiming_bad.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_assigndly_dynamic_notiming_bad.v
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Cls;
    task bar;
       static int qux;
       qux <= '1;
+      $display("qux = %d\n", qux);
    endtask
 endclass