diff --git a/swift/obj/auditor.py b/swift/obj/auditor.py
index 94cceb821e..59fb63eb9f 100644
--- a/swift/obj/auditor.py
+++ b/swift/obj/auditor.py
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ SLEEP_BETWEEN_AUDITS = 30
 class AuditorWorker(object):
     """Walk through file system to audit object"""
 
-    def __init__(self, conf, zero_byte_only_at_fps=0):
+    def __init__(self, conf, logger, zero_byte_only_at_fps=0):
         self.conf = conf
-        self.logger = get_logger(conf, log_route='object-auditor')
+        self.logger = logger
         self.devices = conf.get('devices', '/srv/node')
         self.mount_check = config_true_value(conf.get('mount_check', 'true'))
         self.max_files_per_second = float(conf.get('files_per_second', 20))
@@ -224,6 +224,6 @@ class ObjectAuditor(Daemon):
         """Run the object audit once."""
         mode = kwargs.get('mode', 'once')
         zero_byte_only_at_fps = kwargs.get('zero_byte_fps', 0)
-        worker = AuditorWorker(self.conf,
+        worker = AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger,
                                zero_byte_only_at_fps=zero_byte_only_at_fps)
         worker.audit_all_objects(mode=mode)
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py b/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py
index a655170495..4cb61696bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         unit.xattr_data = {}
 
     def test_object_audit_extra_data(self):
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         data = '0' * 1024
         etag = md5()
         with self.disk_file.mkstemp() as fd:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEquals(self.auditor.quarantines, pre_quarantines + 1)
 
     def test_object_audit_diff_data(self):
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         data = '0' * 1024
         etag = md5()
         timestamp = str(normalize_timestamp(time.time()))
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         fp.write('0' * 1024)
         fp.close()
         invalidate_hash(os.path.dirname(self.disk_file.datadir))
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         pre_quarantines = self.auditor.quarantines
         self.auditor.object_audit(
             os.path.join(self.disk_file.datadir, timestamp + '.data'),
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(self.auditor.quarantines, pre_quarantines + 1)
 
     def test_object_audit_bad_args(self):
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         pre_errors = self.auditor.errors
         self.auditor.object_audit(5, 'sda', '0')
         self.assertEquals(self.auditor.errors, pre_errors + 1)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(self.auditor.errors, pre_errors)  # just returns
 
     def test_object_run_once_pass(self):
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         self.auditor.log_time = 0
         timestamp = str(normalize_timestamp(time.time()))
         pre_quarantines = self.auditor.quarantines
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(self.auditor.quarantines, pre_quarantines)
 
     def test_object_run_once_no_sda(self):
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         timestamp = str(normalize_timestamp(time.time()))
         pre_quarantines = self.auditor.quarantines
         data = '0' * 1024
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(self.auditor.quarantines, pre_quarantines + 1)
 
     def test_object_run_once_multi_devices(self):
-        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf)
+        self.auditor = auditor.AuditorWorker(self.conf, self.logger)
         timestamp = str(normalize_timestamp(time.time()))
         pre_quarantines = self.auditor.quarantines
         data = '0' * 10