1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index 0e475e4c0..b211733ee 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -998,7 +998,9 @@ static void error(const char *fmt, ...)
         va_end(va_alist);
 
 #ifdef  USE_SYSLOG
-        syslog_msg(LOG_AUTH, LOG_ERR, buf);
+        openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_AUTH);
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s", buf);
+        closelog();
 #else
         strncat(bp, "\r\n", 256 - strlen(buf));
         buf[255] = 0;