diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c
index c297efe7..0db0245c 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: log.c,v 1.8 2007/08/22 21:04:30 ckuethe Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: log.c,v 1.9 2014/11/03 20:15:30 bluhm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 int	 debug;
 extern int debugsyslog;
 
-void	 logit(int, const char *, ...);
-
 void
 log_init(int n_debug)
 {
diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.h b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.h
index f1c540b9..be15ea0e 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.h
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: ntpd.h,v 1.110 2014/10/25 03:23:49 lteo Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: ntpd.h,v 1.111 2014/11/03 20:15:30 bluhm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ enum ctl_actions {
 /* prototypes */
 /* log.c */
 void		 log_init(int);
+void		 logit(int, const char *, ...);
 void		 vlog(int, const char *, va_list);
 void		 log_warn(const char *, ...);
 void		 log_warnx(const char *, ...);
diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/parse.y b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/parse.y
index 90d4bed2..67683a1c 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/parse.y
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/parse.y
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: parse.y,v 1.52 2013/11/25 12:58:42 benno Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: parse.y,v 1.53 2014/11/03 20:15:31 bluhm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -339,15 +339,15 @@ int
 yyerror(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list		 ap;
-	char		*nfmt;
+	char		*msg;
 
 	file->errors++;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	if (asprintf(&nfmt, "%s:%d: %s", file->name, yylval.lineno, fmt) == -1)
-		fatalx("yyerror asprintf");
-	vlog(LOG_CRIT, nfmt, ap);
+	if (vasprintf(&msg, fmt, ap) == -1)
+		fatalx("yyerror vasprintf");
 	va_end(ap);
-	free(nfmt);
+	logit(LOG_CRIT, "%s:%d: %s", file->name, yylval.lineno, msg);
+	free(msg);
 	return (0);
 }