diff --git a/src/logging/log_daemon.c b/src/logging/log_daemon.c
index 73bd3c4ac2..268d3c62b9 100644
--- a/src/logging/log_daemon.c
+++ b/src/logging/log_daemon.c
@@ -405,11 +405,8 @@ virLogDaemonUnixSocketPaths(bool privileged,
         }
         umask(old_umask);
 
-        if (virAsprintf(sockfile, "%s/virtlogd-sock", rundir) < 0 ||
-            virAsprintf(adminSockfile, "%s/virtlogd-admin-sock", rundir) < 0) {
-            VIR_FREE(rundir);
-            goto error;
-        }
+        *sockfile = g_strdup_printf("%s/virtlogd-sock", rundir);
+        *adminSockfile = g_strdup_printf("%s/virtlogd-admin-sock", rundir);
 
         VIR_FREE(rundir);
     }
@@ -429,7 +426,7 @@ virLogDaemonErrorHandler(void *opaque G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
-static int
+static void
 virLogDaemonSetupLogging(virLogDaemonConfigPtr config,
                          bool privileged,
                          bool verbose,
@@ -466,13 +463,10 @@ virLogDaemonSetupLogging(virLogDaemonConfigPtr config,
     /* Define the default output. This is only applied if there was no setting
      * from either the config or the environment.
      */
-    if (virLogSetDefaultOutput("virtlogd", godaemon, privileged) < 0)
-        return -1;
+    virLogSetDefaultOutput("virtlogd", godaemon, privileged);
 
     if (virLogGetNbOutputs() == 0)
         virLogSetOutputs(virLogGetDefaultOutput());
-
-    return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -638,10 +632,7 @@ virLogDaemonExecRestartStatePath(bool privileged,
         }
         umask(old_umask);
 
-        if (virAsprintf(state_file, "%s/virtlogd-restart-exec.json", rundir) < 0) {
-            VIR_FREE(rundir);
-            goto error;
-        }
+        *state_file = g_strdup_printf("%s/virtlogd-restart-exec.json", rundir);
 
         VIR_FREE(rundir);
     }
@@ -658,7 +649,7 @@ virLogDaemonGetExecRestartMagic(void)
 {
     char *ret;
 
-    ignore_value(virAsprintf(&ret, "%lld", (long long int)getpid()));
+    ret = g_strdup_printf("%lld", (long long int)getpid());
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -980,10 +971,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    if (virLogDaemonSetupLogging(config, privileged, verbose, godaemon) < 0) {
-        VIR_ERROR(_("Can't initialize logging"));
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
+    virLogDaemonSetupLogging(config, privileged, verbose, godaemon);
 
     if (!pid_file &&
         virPidFileConstructPath(privileged,
diff --git a/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c b/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c
index df7c6339b7..0cf9729e7f 100644
--- a/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c
+++ b/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ virLogDaemonConfigFilePath(bool privileged, char **configfile)
         if (!(configdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory()))
             goto error;
 
-        if (virAsprintf(configfile, "%s/virtlogd.conf", configdir) < 0) {
-            VIR_FREE(configdir);
-            goto error;
-        }
+        *configfile = g_strdup_printf("%s/virtlogd.conf", configdir);
         VIR_FREE(configdir);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/logging/log_manager.c b/src/logging/log_manager.c
index b60a6aaf59..e191093272 100644
--- a/src/logging/log_manager.c
+++ b/src/logging/log_manager.c
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ virLogManagerDaemonPath(bool privileged)
         if (!(rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory()))
             return NULL;
 
-        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/virtlogd-sock", rundir) < 0) {
-            VIR_FREE(rundir);
-            return NULL;
-        }
+        path = g_strdup_printf("%s/virtlogd-sock", rundir);
 
         VIR_FREE(rundir);
     }