diff --git a/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c b/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c
index 1c470946ed30..bdab802bf2cc 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include "pjdlog.h"
 
 static bool pjdlog_initialized = false;
-static int pjdlog_mode = PJDLOG_MODE_STD;
-static int pjdlog_debug_level = 0;
+static int pjdlog_mode, pjdlog_debug_level;
 static char pjdlog_prefix[128];
 
 void
@@ -57,6 +56,8 @@ pjdlog_init(int mode)
 	if (mode == PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG)
 		openlog(NULL, LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
 	pjdlog_mode = mode;
+	pjdlog_debug_level = 0;
+	bzero(pjdlog_prefix, sizeof(pjdlog_prefix));
 
 	pjdlog_initialized = true;
 }