diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/swauth.py b/swift/common/middleware/swauth.py
index 3399fd06a4..5965e710ac 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/swauth.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/swauth.py
@@ -1321,6 +1321,8 @@ class Swauth(object):
         return False
 
     def posthooklogger(self, env, req):
+        if not req.path.startswith(self.auth_prefix):
+            return
         response = getattr(req, 'response', None)
         if not response:
             return
diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index 479c4ecc30..8da3d1f8f4 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -409,28 +409,35 @@ def get_logger(conf, name=None, log_to_console=False, log_route=None):
         logger = logging.getLogger()
     else:
         logger = logging.getLogger(log_route)
-    if not hasattr(get_logger, 'handlers'):
-        get_logger.handlers = {}
+        logger.propagate = False
+    if not hasattr(get_logger, 'handler4facility'):
+        get_logger.handler4facility = {}
     facility = getattr(SysLogHandler, conf.get('log_facility', 'LOG_LOCAL0'),
                        SysLogHandler.LOG_LOCAL0)
-    if facility in get_logger.handlers:
-        logger.removeHandler(get_logger.handlers[facility])
-        get_logger.handlers[facility].close()
-        del get_logger.handlers[facility]
+    if facility in get_logger.handler4facility:
+        logger.removeHandler(get_logger.handler4facility[facility])
+        get_logger.handler4facility[facility].close()
+        del get_logger.handler4facility[facility]
     if log_to_console:
         # check if a previous call to get_logger already added a console logger
         if hasattr(get_logger, 'console') and get_logger.console:
             logger.removeHandler(get_logger.console)
         get_logger.console = logging.StreamHandler(sys.__stderr__)
         logger.addHandler(get_logger.console)
-    get_logger.handlers[facility] = \
+    get_logger.handler4facility[facility] = \
         SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log', facility=facility)
-    logger.addHandler(get_logger.handlers[facility])
+    if not hasattr(get_logger, 'handler4logger'):
+        get_logger.handler4logger = {}
+    if logger in get_logger.handler4logger:
+        logger.removeHandler(get_logger.handler4logger[logger])
+    get_logger.handler4logger[logger] = \
+        get_logger.handler4facility[facility]
+    logger.addHandler(get_logger.handler4facility[facility])
     logger.setLevel(
         getattr(logging, conf.get('log_level', 'INFO').upper(), logging.INFO))
     adapted_logger = LogAdapter(logger)
     formatter = NamedFormatter(name, adapted_logger)
-    get_logger.handlers[facility].setFormatter(formatter)
+    get_logger.handler4facility[facility].setFormatter(formatter)
     if hasattr(get_logger, 'console'):
         get_logger.console.setFormatter(formatter)
     return adapted_logger
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_daemon.py b/test/unit/common/test_daemon.py
index 015928f670..a4addcee51 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_daemon.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_daemon.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class MyDaemon(daemon.Daemon):
 
     def __init__(self, conf):
         self.conf = conf
-        self.logger = utils.get_logger(None)
+        self.logger = utils.get_logger(None, 'server')
         MyDaemon.forever_called = False
         MyDaemon.once_called = False
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ user = %s
             # test user quit
             MyDaemon.run_forever = MyDaemon.run_quit
             sio = StringIO()
-            logger = logging.getLogger()
+            logger = logging.getLogger('server')
             logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sio))
             logger = utils.get_logger(None, 'server')
             daemon.run_daemon(MyDaemon, conf_file, logger=logger)
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
index 94257415f1..0c81b15698 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Error: unable to locate %s
 
     def test_get_logger(self):
         sio = StringIO()
-        logger = logging.getLogger()
+        logger = logging.getLogger('server')
         logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sio))
         logger = utils.get_logger(None, 'server')
         logger.warn('test1')