1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index 0ce4d85f7..7f8867482 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ error(const char *fmt,...)
 void
 sigdie(const char *fmt,...)
 {
+#ifdef DO_LOG_SAFE_IN_SIGHAND
         va_list args;
 
-#ifdef DO_LOG_SAFE_IN_SIGHAND
         va_start(args, fmt);
         do_log(SYSLOG_LEVEL_FATAL, fmt, args);
         va_end(args);