diff --git a/lib/dstat b/lib/dstat
index d1db469aa6..8165e5c5e9 100644
--- a/lib/dstat
+++ b/lib/dstat
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function start_dstat {
     DSTAT_OPTS="-tcmndrylpg --top-cpu-adv --top-io-adv"
     if [[ -n ${LOGDIR} ]]; then
         screen_it dstat "cd $TOP_DIR; dstat $DSTAT_OPTS | tee $LOGDIR/$DSTAT_FILE"
-        if [[ -n ${SCREEN_LOGDIR} ]]; then
+        if [[ -n ${SCREEN_LOGDIR} && ${SCREEN_LOGDIR} != ${LOGDIR} ]]; then
             # Drop the backward-compat symlink
             ln -sf $LOGDIR/$DSTAT_FILE ${SCREEN_LOGDIR}/$DSTAT_FILE
         fi