diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm
index a455bf71c..aec308b65 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm
@@ -544,8 +544,9 @@ sub logPrint {
     if ( $level <= $this->{databaseLevel} ) {
       if ( ( $this->{dbh} and $this->{dbh}->ping() ) or ( $this->{dbh} = ZoneMinder::Database::zmDbConnect() ) ) {
 
+        
         my $sql = 'INSERT INTO Logs ( TimeKey, Component, Pid, Level, Code, Message, File, Line ) VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, NULL )';
-        $this->{sth} = $this->{dbh}->prepare_cached($sql);
+        $this->{sth} = $this->{dbh}->prepare_cached($sql) if ! $this->{sth};
         if ( !$this->{sth} ) {
           $this->{databaseLevel} = NOLOG;
           Error("Can't prepare log entry '$sql': ".$this->{dbh}->errstr());