diff --git a/xmlrpc/xmlrpcbag.in b/xmlrpc/xmlrpcbag.in
index 96481f41d1ea9a8beaf7f98e38ecc197e08855d1..235d66eed2d704d4a03ee788c5093c8c5346eb97 100755
--- a/xmlrpc/xmlrpcbag.in
+++ b/xmlrpc/xmlrpcbag.in
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ if (defined($module) && !exists($modules{$module})) {
     syslog("err", "unknown module: '$module'");
     exit(-1);
 }
-syslog("info", "module: '$module'");
+syslog("info", "module: '$module'")
+    if (defined($module));
 
 #
 # Invoke the XMLRPC server. Exec ourselves to be SURE that a shell does