diff --git a/src/logging/log_manager.c b/src/logging/log_manager.c
index f5b4b7da282e4e95f216493767b3c34a0659380d..7c37ba17d448914faa8ba79ba2e09be8dc08624b 100644
--- a/src/logging/log_manager.c
+++ b/src/logging/log_manager.c
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ virLogManagerDomainOpenLogFile(virLogManagerPtr mgr,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    *inode = ret.pos.inode;
-    *offset = ret.pos.offset;
+    if (inode)
+        *inode = ret.pos.inode;
+    if (offset)
+        *offset = ret.pos.offset;
 
     rv = fdout[0];
  cleanup: