diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18c1ee12..b278bcb9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* libmisc/chowntty.c: Improve the logs for fchown and fchmod
 	failures.
+	* libmisc/chowntty.c: Only closelog() when failure cause an exit.
 
 2008-11-23  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
diff --git a/libmisc/chowntty.c b/libmisc/chowntty.c
index b43931e3..3d4da107 100644
--- a/libmisc/chowntty.c
+++ b/libmisc/chowntty.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void chown_tty (const struct passwd *info)
 		         "unable to change owner or mode of tty stdin for user `%s': %s\n",
 		         info->pw_name, strerror (err)));
 		if (EROFS != err) {
+			closelog ();
 			exit (1);
 		}
 	}