diff --git a/src/V3LinkCells.cpp b/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
index 98ba20b0e..6952451e3 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ private:
 	UINFO(2,"Link Module: "<<nodep<<endl);
 	if (nodep->fileline()->filebasenameNoExt() != nodep->prettyName()
 	    && !v3Global.opt.isLibraryFile(nodep->fileline()->filename())
+	    && !nodep->recursiveClone()
 	    && !nodep->internal()) {
 	    // We only complain once per file, otherwise library-like files have a huge mess of warnings
 	    if (m_declfnWarned.find(nodep->fileline()->filename()) == m_declfnWarned.end()) {