diff --git a/daemon/logger/journald/journald.go b/daemon/logger/journald/journald.go
index 9865a273c5..86d7378b5b 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/journald/journald.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/journald/journald.go
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ func (s *journald) Log(msg *logger.Message) error {
 	}
 
 	line := string(msg.Line)
+	source := msg.Source
 	logger.PutMessage(msg)
 
-	if msg.Source == "stderr" {
+	if source == "stderr" {
 		return journal.Send(line, journal.PriErr, vars)
 	}
 	return journal.Send(line, journal.PriInfo, vars)
diff --git a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
index 925473aeef..42855e1174 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ func New(info logger.Info) (logger.Logger, error) {
 
 func (s *syslogger) Log(msg *logger.Message) error {
 	line := string(msg.Line)
+	source := msg.Source
 	logger.PutMessage(msg)
-	if msg.Source == "stderr" {
+	if source == "stderr" {
 		return s.writer.Err(line)
 	}
 	return s.writer.Info(line)