1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 24951b51a9..7dcb0879c4 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3903,10 +3903,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     /* Open the logfile at this point and set the log mask if necessary.
      */
-    if (log_file) {
-        qemu_set_log_filename(log_file, &error_fatal);
-    }
-
+    qemu_set_log_filename(log_file, &error_fatal);
     if (log_mask) {
         int mask;
         mask = qemu_str_to_log_mask(log_mask);