diff --git a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/rotatefilewriter.go b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/rotatefilewriter.go
index 99e0964aea..ecb461fcec 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/rotatefilewriter.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/rotatefilewriter.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package loggerutils
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 // RotateFileWriter is Logger implementation for default Docker logging.
 type RotateFileWriter struct {
 	f            *os.File // store for closing
+	closed       bool
 	mu           sync.Mutex
 	capacity     int64 //maximum size of each file
 	currentSize  int64 // current size of the latest file
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ func NewRotateFileWriter(logPath string, capacity int64, maxFiles int) (*RotateF
 //WriteLog write log message to File
 func (w *RotateFileWriter) Write(message []byte) (int, error) {
 	w.mu.Lock()
+	if w.closed {
+		w.mu.Unlock()
+		return -1, errors.New("cannot write because the output file was closed")
+	}
 	if err := w.checkCapacityAndRotate(); err != nil {
 		w.mu.Unlock()
 		return -1, err
@@ -100,6 +106,8 @@ func rotate(name string, maxFiles int) error {
 
 // LogPath returns the location the given writer logs to.
 func (w *RotateFileWriter) LogPath() string {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
 	return w.f.Name()
 }
 
@@ -120,5 +128,14 @@ func (w *RotateFileWriter) NotifyRotateEvict(sub chan interface{}) {
 
 // Close closes underlying file and signals all readers to stop.
 func (w *RotateFileWriter) Close() error {
-	return w.f.Close()
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	if w.closed {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := w.f.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	w.closed = true
+	return nil
 }