diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.rsyslogd b/etc/rc.d/rc.rsyslogd
index bdf05d5a8..6adf69a15 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.rsyslogd
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.rsyslogd
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ create_xconsole(){
 
 rsyslogd_start(){
   log "Starting $DAEMON..."
-  if [[ -x /usr/sbin/rsyslogd ]]; then
-    run /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -i $PIDFILE
-  fi
+  [[ -x /usr/sbin/rsyslogd ]] && run /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -i $PIDFILE
   log "$DAEMON...  Started."
 }