diff --git a/command/agent/command.go b/command/agent/command.go
index 314b60612..5b3c08a39 100644
--- a/command/agent/command.go
+++ b/command/agent/command.go
@@ -644,11 +644,11 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	// Enable child process reaping
 	if (config.Reap != nil && *config.Reap) || (config.Reap == nil && os.Getpid() == 1) {
-		logger := c.agent.logger
 		if !reap.IsSupported() {
 			c.Ui.Error("Child process reaping is not supported on this platform (set reap=false)")
 			return 1
 		} else {
+			logger := c.agent.logger
 			logger.Printf("[DEBUG] Automatically reaping child processes")
 
 			pids := make(reap.PidCh, 1)