diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index de775af45..e2dde84f0 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -1168,8 +1168,13 @@ void __send_log(struct proxy *p, int level, char *message, size_t size, char *sd
 			int proto = logsrv->addr.ss_family == AF_UNIX ? 0 : IPPROTO_UDP;
 
 			if ((*plogfd = socket(logsrv->addr.ss_family, SOCK_DGRAM, proto)) < 0) {
-				ha_alert("socket for logger #%d failed: %s (errno=%d)\n",
-					 nblogger, strerror(errno), errno);
+				static char once;
+
+				if (!once) {
+					once = 1; /* note: no need for atomic ops here */
+					ha_alert("socket for logger #%d failed: %s (errno=%d)\n",
+					         nblogger, strerror(errno), errno);
+				}
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* we don't want to receive anything on this socket */
@@ -1297,8 +1302,13 @@ send:
 		sent = sendmsg(*plogfd, &msghdr, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_NOSIGNAL);
 
 		if (sent < 0) {
-			ha_alert("sendmsg logger #%d failed: %s (errno=%d)\n",
-				 nblogger, strerror(errno), errno);
+			static char once;
+
+			if (!once) {
+				once = 1; /* note: no need for atomic ops here */
+				ha_alert("sendmsg logger #%d failed: %s (errno=%d)\n",
+				         nblogger, strerror(errno), errno);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }