diff --git a/log_manager/log_manager.cc b/log_manager/log_manager.cc
index ba16db52f..b31ae6112 100644
--- a/log_manager/log_manager.cc
+++ b/log_manager/log_manager.cc
@@ -1761,7 +1761,6 @@ static bool fnames_conf_init(
                         
                 case 's':
                         /** record list of log file ids for later use */
-                    if(do_syslog)
                         shmem_id_str = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'h':
@@ -1793,12 +1792,14 @@ static bool fnames_conf_init(
                 strdup(get_logpath_default()) : fn->fn_logpath;
 
         /** Set identity string for syslog if it is not set in config.*/
+        if(do_syslog)
+        {
         syslog_ident_str =
             (syslog_ident_str == NULL ?
              (argv == NULL ? strdup(program_invocation_short_name) :  
               strdup(*argv)) :
              syslog_ident_str);
-        
+        }
         /* ss_dfprintf(stderr, "\n\n\tCommand line : ");
            for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
            ss_dfprintf(stderr, "%s ", argv[i]);