diff --git a/plugins/python/pyhelpers.c b/plugins/python/pyhelpers.c
index 44acfa437..d03f06bd6 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyhelpers.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyhelpers.c
@@ -25,16 +25,45 @@
 
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include "pathnames.h"
 
-static int _sudo_printf_noop(int msg_type, const char *fmt, ...)
+static int
+_sudo_printf_default(int msg_type, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-    (void) msg_type;
-    (void) fmt;
-    return 0;
+    FILE *fp = stdout;
+    FILE *ttyfp = NULL;
+    va_list ap;
+    int len;
+
+    if (ISSET(msg_type, SUDO_CONV_PREFER_TTY)) {
+	/* Try writing to /dev/tty first. */
+	ttyfp = fopen(_PATH_TTY, "w");
+    }
+
+    switch (msg_type & 0xff) {
+    case SUDO_CONV_ERROR_MSG:
+	fp = stderr;
+	/* FALLTHROUGH */
+    case SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG:
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = vfprintf(ttyfp ? ttyfp : fp, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	break;
+    default:
+	len = -1;
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	break;
+    }
+
+    if (ttyfp != NULL)
+	fclose(ttyfp);
+
+    return len;
 }
 
+
 struct PythonContext py_ctx = {
-    &_sudo_printf_noop,
+    &_sudo_printf_default,
     NULL,
     0,
     NULL
@@ -45,7 +74,7 @@ int
 py_is_sudo_log_available(void)
 {
     debug_decl(py_is_sudo_log_available, PYTHON_DEBUG_INTERNAL);
-    debug_return_int(py_ctx.sudo_log != &_sudo_printf_noop);
+    debug_return_int(py_ctx.sudo_log != &_sudo_printf_default);
 }
 
 char *
@@ -408,7 +437,7 @@ void
 py_ctx_reset()
 {
     memset(&py_ctx, 0, sizeof(py_ctx));
-    py_ctx.sudo_log = &_sudo_printf_noop;
+    py_ctx.sudo_log = &_sudo_printf_default;
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/plugins/python/pyhelpers.h b/plugins/python/pyhelpers.h
index 23f45330c..d8b2dd122 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyhelpers.h
+++ b/plugins/python/pyhelpers.h
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ int py_sudo_conv(int num_msgs, const struct sudo_conv_message msgs[],
 
 void py_log_last_error(const char *context_message);
 
-int py_is_sudo_log_available(void);
-
 char *py_create_string_rep(PyObject *py_object);
 
 char *py_join_str_list(PyObject *py_str_list, const char *separator);
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin_common.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin_common.c
index 1ac6fec12..060ce0ce5 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin_common.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin_common.c
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ python_plugin_register_logging(sudo_conv_t conversation,
     if (py_ctx.sudo_conv == NULL)
         py_ctx.sudo_conv = conversation;
 
-    py_ctx.sudo_log = sudo_printf;
+    if (sudo_printf)
+        py_ctx.sudo_log = sudo_printf;
 
     struct sudo_conf_debug_file_list debug_files = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(debug_files);
     struct sudo_conf_debug_file_list *debug_files_ptr = &debug_files;
diff --git a/plugins/python/regress/check_python_examples.c b/plugins/python/regress/check_python_examples.c
index 597d91245..4802b0793 100644
--- a/plugins/python/regress/check_python_examples.c
+++ b/plugins/python/regress/check_python_examples.c
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ check_example_io_plugin_command_log_multiple(void)
         VERIFY_PTR_NE(python_io2, NULL);
         VERIFY_PTR_NE(python_io2, python_io);
     }
-    VERIFY_PTR((*python_io_clone)(), NULL);  // no more available
 
     // open the first plugin and let it log to tmp_dir
     create_io_plugin_options(data.tmp_dir);
@@ -250,6 +249,10 @@ check_example_io_plugin_command_log_multiple(void)
                               data.user_info, data.command_info, data.plugin_argc, data.plugin_argv,
                               data.user_env, data.plugin_options), SUDO_RC_OK);
 
+    // For verifying the error message of no more plugin. It should be displayed only once.
+    VERIFY_PTR((*python_io_clone)(), NULL);
+    VERIFY_PTR((*python_io_clone)(), NULL);
+
     // open the second plugin with another log directory
     VERIFY_TRUE(asprintf(&data.tmp_dir2, TEMP_PATH_TEMPLATE) >= 0);
     VERIFY_NOT_NULL(mkdtemp(data.tmp_dir2));
diff --git a/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_io_plugin_command_log_multiple.stderr b/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_io_plugin_command_log_multiple.stderr
index e69de29bb..f51980519 100644
--- a/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_io_plugin_command_log_multiple.stderr
+++ b/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_io_plugin_command_log_multiple.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sudo: loading more than 8 sudo python IO plugins is not supported
diff --git a/plugins/python/sudo_python_module.c b/plugins/python/sudo_python_module.c
index 050d70ec7..e76a3b325 100644
--- a/plugins/python/sudo_python_module.c
+++ b/plugins/python/sudo_python_module.c
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ python_sudo_log(int msg_type, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(py_self), PyObject *py_args, P
     if (_parse_log_function_args(py_args, py_kwargs, &args_joined, &end) != SUDO_RC_OK)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!py_is_sudo_log_available()) {
-        PyErr_Format(sudo_exc_SudoException, "sudo.log: Message displaying is unavailable");
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
     rc = py_ctx.sudo_log(msg_type, "%s%s", args_joined, end);
     if (rc < 0) {
         PyErr_Format(sudo_exc_SudoException, "sudo.log: Error displaying message");