--- a/src/Logging.cpp
+++ b/src/Logging.cpp
@@ -89,16 +89,17 @@
  if((pi.Foreground) && (out!=NULL))
   fprintf(stdout, "%s %s ", out, hn);
 
- va_start(va, fmt);
-
- if(fp!=NULL)
+ if(fp!=NULL) {
+  va_start(va, fmt);
   vfprintf(fp, fmt, va);
+  va_end(va);
+ }
 
- if((pi.Foreground) && (out!=NULL))
+ if((pi.Foreground) && (out!=NULL)) {
+  va_start(va, fmt);
   vfprintf(stdout, fmt, va);
-
- va_end(va);
-
+  va_end(va);
+ }
  if(fp!=NULL)
   fprintf(fp, "\n");