diff -rup musl-1.0.4-orig/src/misc/syslog.c musl-1.0.4/src/misc/syslog.c
--- musl-1.0.4-orig/src/misc/syslog.c	2015-01-05 15:15:35.349015771 +0200
+++ musl-1.0.4/src/misc/syslog.c	2015-01-05 15:21:30.525024212 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ void closelog(void)
 static void __openlog()
 {
 	log_fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
-	if (log_fd >= 0) connect(log_fd, (void *)&log_addr, sizeof log_addr);
+	if (log_fd < 0) return;
+	if (connect(log_fd, (void *)&log_addr, sizeof log_addr) < 0) {
+		close(log_fd);
+		log_fd = -1;
+	}
 }
 
 void openlog(const char *ident, int opt, int facility)