diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 8bc7b288a..8e93da732 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -824,3 +824,4 @@ seen. gmtime warning still there
 - Fixed something that could cause a possible bug in /oper ?
 - log::maxsize can now be entered in the format 1MB, 1MegaByte, 1MByte, etc (KB,MB,GB,TB are the only sizes 
   recognized)
+- Fixed a bug where log::maxsize would say it started a new log file if the log file didn't exist
diff --git a/src/s_extra.c b/src/s_extra.c
index fa079cfc6..8529d6736 100644
--- a/src/s_extra.c
+++ b/src/s_extra.c
@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ void ircd_log(int flags, char *format, ...)
 	sprintf(timebuf, "[%s] - ", myctime(TStime()));
 	for (logs = conf_log; logs; logs = (ConfigItem_log *) logs->next) {
 		if (logs->flags & flags) {
-			stat(logs->file, &fstats);
-			if (logs->maxsize && fstats.st_size >= logs->maxsize) {
+			if (stat(logs->file, &fstats) != -1 && logs->maxsize && fstats.st_size >= logs->maxsize) {
 #ifndef _WIN32
 				fd = open(logs->file, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
 #else