diff --git a/logsrvd/logsrvd.c b/logsrvd/logsrvd.c
index 0716e793b..5b8c556a4 100644
--- a/logsrvd/logsrvd.c
+++ b/logsrvd/logsrvd.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ static struct connection_list connections = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(connections);
 static struct listener_list listeners = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(listeners);
 static const char server_id[] = "Sudo Audit Server " PACKAGE_VERSION;
 static const char *conf_file = _PATH_SUDO_LOGSRVD_CONF;
-static bool is_early = true;
 
 /* Event loop callbacks. */
 static void client_msg_cb(int fd, int what, void *v);
@@ -1818,18 +1817,13 @@ daemonize(bool nofork)
 		(void) close(fd);
 	}
     }
-    is_early = false;
+
+    /* Disable logging to stderr after we become a daemon. */
+    logsrvd_warn_stderr(false);
 
     debug_return;
 }
 
-/* The early flag is used to decide whether sudo_warn() goes to stderr too. */
-bool
-logsrvd_is_early(void)
-{
-    return is_early;
-}
-
 static void
 usage(bool fatal)
 {
diff --git a/logsrvd/logsrvd.h b/logsrvd/logsrvd.h
index 3d4575f4e..c27f4d0d3 100644
--- a/logsrvd/logsrvd.h
+++ b/logsrvd/logsrvd.h
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ bool fmt_log_id_message(const char *id, struct connection_closure *closure);
 bool schedule_error_message(const char *errstr, struct connection_closure *closure);
 struct connection_buffer *get_free_buf(size_t, struct connection_closure *closure);
 struct connection_closure *connection_closure_alloc(int fd, bool tls, bool relay_only, struct sudo_event_base *base);
-bool logsrvd_is_early(void);
 
 /* logsrvd_conf.c */
 bool logsrvd_conf_read(const char *path);
@@ -224,6 +223,7 @@ mode_t logsrvd_conf_iolog_mode(void);
 void address_list_addref(struct server_address_list *);
 void address_list_delref(struct server_address_list *);
 void logsrvd_conf_cleanup(void);
+void logsrvd_warn_stderr(bool enabled);
 
 /* logsrvd_journal.c */
 extern struct client_message_switch cms_journal;
diff --git a/logsrvd/logsrvd_conf.c b/logsrvd/logsrvd_conf.c
index 73440a64d..fc2bb25c6 100644
--- a/logsrvd/logsrvd_conf.c
+++ b/logsrvd/logsrvd_conf.c
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ static struct logsrvd_config {
     } logfile;
 } *logsrvd_config;
 
+static bool logsrvd_warn_enable_stderr = true;
+
 /* iolog getters */
 mode_t
 logsrvd_conf_iolog_mode(void)
@@ -1254,7 +1256,7 @@ logsrvd_conv_none(int num_msgs, const struct sudo_conv_message msgs[],
     struct sudo_conv_reply replies[], struct sudo_conv_callback *callback)
 {
     /* Also write to stderr if still in the foreground. */
-    if (logsrvd_is_early()) {
+    if (logsrvd_warn_enable_stderr) {
 	(void)logsrvd_conv_stderr(num_msgs, msgs, replies, callback);
     }
 
@@ -1280,7 +1282,7 @@ logsrvd_conv_syslog(int num_msgs, const struct sudo_conv_message msgs[],
     }
 
     /* Also write to stderr if still in the foreground. */
-    if (logsrvd_is_early()) {
+    if (logsrvd_warn_enable_stderr) {
 	(void)logsrvd_conv_stderr(num_msgs, msgs, replies, callback);
     }
 
@@ -1363,7 +1365,7 @@ logsrvd_conv_logfile(int num_msgs, const struct sudo_conv_message msgs[],
     }
 
     /* Also write to stderr if still in the foreground. */
-    if (logsrvd_is_early()) {
+    if (logsrvd_warn_enable_stderr) {
 	(void)logsrvd_conv_stderr(num_msgs, msgs, replies, callback);
     }
 
@@ -1765,3 +1767,9 @@ logsrvd_conf_cleanup(void)
 
     debug_return;
 }
+
+void
+logsrvd_warn_stderr(bool enabled)
+{
+    logsrvd_warn_enable_stderr = enabled;
+}
diff --git a/logsrvd/regress/fuzz/fuzz_logsrvd_conf.c b/logsrvd/regress/fuzz/fuzz_logsrvd_conf.c
index bdaa99a60..d61707889 100644
--- a/logsrvd/regress/fuzz/fuzz_logsrvd_conf.c
+++ b/logsrvd/regress/fuzz/fuzz_logsrvd_conf.c
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@
 #include "log_server.pb-c.h"
 #include "logsrvd.h"
 
-bool
-logsrvd_is_early(void)
-{
-    return true;
-}
-
 int
 LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 {