1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 2c3b9a2c..dbc97ab6 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,10 @@ const struct method *proto;	/* protocol method table */
     tagnum = 0;
     tag[0] = '\0';	/* nuke any tag hanging out from previous query */
     ok = 0;
-    error_init(poll_interval == 0 && !logfile);
+    if (errors_to_syslog)
+	error_init(-1);
+    else
+	error_init(poll_interval == 0 && !logfile);
 
     /* set up the server-nonresponse timeout */
     sigsave = signal(SIGALRM, timeout_handler);