diff --git a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
index 65243d4c1c..063f15491b 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
+++ b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
@@ -223,10 +223,7 @@ int nx_vsyslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, FAR va_list *ap)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOG_BUFFER
   /* Flush and destroy the syslog stream buffer */
 
-  if (priority != LOG_EMERG)
-    {
-      syslogstream_destroy(&stream);
-    }
+  syslogstream_destroy(&stream);
 #endif
 
   return ret;