diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 003d2f0c25d..fa32c67a08e 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -1113,8 +1113,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         int r;
 
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-        log_parse_environment();
-        log_open();
+        log_setup();
 
         /* The journal merging logic potentially needs a lot of fds. */
         (void) rlimit_nofile_bump(HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE);