1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index e68b84a20..6c596414b 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ log_change_level(LogLevel new_log_level)
 int
 log_is_on_stderr(void)
 {
-        return log_on_stderr;
+        return log_on_stderr && log_stderr_fd == STDERR_FILENO;
 }
 
 /* redirect what would usually get written to stderr to specified file */