diff --git a/container/container.go b/container/container.go
index e0a9da424d..4634e5348c 100644
--- a/container/container.go
+++ b/container/container.go
@@ -322,10 +322,11 @@ func (container *Container) CheckpointDir() string {
 }
 
 // StartLogger starts a new logger driver for the container.
-func (container *Container) StartLogger(cfg containertypes.LogConfig) (logger.Logger, error) {
+func (container *Container) StartLogger() (logger.Logger, error) {
+	cfg := container.HostConfig.LogConfig
 	c, err := logger.GetLogDriver(cfg.Type)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get logging factory: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get logging factory: %v", err)
 	}
 	ctx := logger.Context{
 		Config:              cfg.Config,
@@ -1050,9 +1051,9 @@ func (container *Container) startLogging() error {
 		return nil // do not start logging routines
 	}
 
-	l, err := container.StartLogger(container.HostConfig.LogConfig)
+	l, err := container.StartLogger()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to initialize logging driver: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize logging driver: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	copier := logger.NewCopier(map[string]io.Reader{"stdout": container.StdoutPipe(), "stderr": container.StderrPipe()}, l)
diff --git a/daemon/logs.go b/daemon/logs.go
index cc34b82083..32a6938869 100644
--- a/daemon/logs.go
+++ b/daemon/logs.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) getLogger(container *container.Container) (logger.Logger,
 	if container.LogDriver != nil && container.IsRunning() {
 		return container.LogDriver, nil
 	}
-	return container.StartLogger(container.HostConfig.LogConfig)
+	return container.StartLogger()
 }
 
 // mergeLogConfig merges the daemon log config to the container's log config if the container's log driver is not specified.
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
index 033d03a6b9..c4a8947a67 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
@@ -4515,7 +4515,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunStoppedLoggingDriverNoLeak(c *check.C) {
 
 	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("run", "--name=fail", "--log-driver=splunk", "busybox", "true")
 	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
-	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "Failed to initialize logging driver", check.Commentf("error should be about logging driver, got output %s", out))
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "failed to initialize logging driver", check.Commentf("error should be about logging driver, got output %s", out))
 
 	// NGoroutines is not updated right away, so we need to wait before failing
 	c.Assert(waitForGoroutines(nroutines), checker.IsNil)