diff --git a/docker/keepalived/extend_start.sh b/docker/keepalived/extend_start.sh
index 18e71d1f72..0cb79767e6 100644
--- a/docker/keepalived/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/keepalived/extend_start.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # NOTE(elemoine): keepalived cannot be configured to change the log address to
 # anything other than /dev/log. Heka's log socket is at /var/lib/kolla/heka/log
 # so we symlink /dev/log to that location.
-ln -sf /var/lib/kolla/heka/log /dev/log
+if [[ ! -h /dev/log ]]; then
+    ln -sf /var/lib/kolla/heka/log /dev/log
+fi
 
 modprobe ip_vs