diff --git a/sudo.c b/sudo.c
index 2c538bc25..958c77b40 100644
--- a/sudo.c
+++ b/sudo.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void load_globals(sudo_mode)
     /*
      * Need to get tty early since it's used for logging
      */
-    if ((tty = (char *) ttyname(0)) || (tty = (char *) ttyname(0))) {
+    if ((tty = (char *) ttyname(0)) || (tty = (char *) ttyname(1))) {
 	if (strncmp(tty, _PATH_DEV, sizeof(_PATH_DEV) - 1) == 0)
 	    tty += sizeof(_PATH_DEV) - 1;
 	if ((tty = strdup(tty)) == NULL) {