diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
index 1210c18aecc..ab4bee1a5ee 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessor implements CorsProcessor {
 			HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
 
 		if (config == null) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled() && CorsUtils.isCorsRequest(request)) {
+				logger.debug("Skip: no CORS configuration has been provided");
+			}
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
index 90c579bdafe..20db603007c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/DefaultCorsProcessor.java
@@ -67,11 +67,15 @@ public class DefaultCorsProcessor implements CorsProcessor {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean process(@Nullable CorsConfiguration config, ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
+
 		if (config == null) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled() && CorsUtils.isCorsRequest(request)) {
+				logger.debug("Skip: no CORS configuration has been provided");
+			}
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
 		ServerHttpResponse response = exchange.getResponse();
 		HttpHeaders responseHeaders = response.getHeaders();