diff --git a/servers/slapd/logging.c b/servers/slapd/logging.c
index 789838aa41..7dc33bde3f 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/logging.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/logging.c
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ slap_debug_print( const char *data )
 			iov[0].iov_base = syslog_prefix;
 			iov[0].iov_len = splen;
 #endif
-		} else {
-			ptr += poffset;	/* only nonzero if logfile-format was explicitly set */
 		}
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+		if ( logfile_format <= LFMT_DEBUG )
+			ptr += poffset;	/* only nonzero if logfile-format was explicitly set */
 		len = write( logfile_fd, ptr, len );
 #else
 		len = writev( logfile_fd, iov, 2 );