diff --git a/src/misc/syslog.c b/src/misc/syslog.c
index 8de34f8..ef8dcfb 100644
--- a/src/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/src/misc/syslog.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "libc.h"
 
 static int lock[2];
@@ -71,14 +72,11 @@ static void _vsyslog(int priority, const char *message, va_list ap)
 	struct tm tm;
 	char buf[256];
 	int pid;
-	int l, l2;
+	size_t l, l2;
 
 	if (log_fd < 0) {
 		__openlog(log_ident, log_opt | LOG_NDELAY, log_facility);
-		if (log_fd < 0) {
-			UNLOCK(lock);
-			return;
-		}
+		if (log_fd < 0) return;
 	}
 
 	now = time(NULL);
@@ -90,14 +88,13 @@ static void _vsyslog(int priority, const char *message, va_list ap)
 		priority, timebuf,
 		log_ident ? log_ident : "",
 		"["+!pid, pid, "]"+!pid);
+	if (l >= sizeof buf) l = sizeof buf - 1;
 	l2 = vsnprintf(buf+l, sizeof buf - l, message, ap);
-	if (l2 >= 0) {
-		l += l2;
-		if (buf[l-1] != '\n') buf[l++] = '\n';
-		sendto(log_fd, buf, l, 0, (void *)&log_addr, 11);
-	}
-
-	UNLOCK(lock);
+	if (l2 > INT_MAX) return;
+	l += l2;
+	if (l >= sizeof buf) l = sizeof buf - 1;
+	if (buf[l-1] != '\n') buf[l++] = '\n';
+	sendto(log_fd, buf, l, 0, (void *)&log_addr, 11);
 }
 
 void __vsyslog(int priority, const char *message, va_list ap)