--- misc/syslog.c.orig	2003-12-01 15:38:42.000000000 +0200
+++ misc/syslog.c	2003-12-01 15:54:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -287,13 +287,15 @@
 internal_function
 openlog_internal(const char *ident, int logstat, int logfac)
 {
+	int retry = 0;
+
 	if (ident != NULL)
 		LogTag = ident;
 	LogStat = logstat;
 	if (logfac != 0 && (logfac &~ LOG_FACMASK) == 0)
 		LogFacility = logfac;
 
-	while (1) {
+	while (retry < 2) {
 		if (LogFile == -1) {
 			SyslogAddr.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
 			(void)strncpy(SyslogAddr.sa_data, _PATH_LOG,
@@ -314,14 +316,15 @@
 				int saved_errno = errno;
 				(void)__close(LogFile);
 				LogFile = -1;
-				if (LogType == SOCK_DGRAM
-				    && saved_errno == EPROTOTYPE)
-				{
-					/* retry with next SOCK_STREAM: */
-					LogType = SOCK_STREAM;
+				if (saved_errno == EPROTOTYPE) {
+					LogType == SOCK_DGRAM ?
+						LogType = SOCK_STREAM :
+						LogType = SOCK_DGRAM;
 					__set_errno (old_errno);
+					retry++;
 					continue;
 				}
+				__set_errno (old_errno);
 			} else
 				connected = 1;
 		}