diff --git a/lib/krb5/log.c b/lib/krb5/log.c
index 89c963ec3..5674b1b1b 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/log.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/log.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ krb5_addlog_dest(krb5_context context, krb5_log_facility *f, const char *orig)
 	ret = open_file(context, f, min, max, NULL, NULL, stderr, 1);
     }else if(strcmp(p, "CONSOLE") == 0){
 	ret = open_file(context, f, min, max, "/dev/console", "w", NULL, 0);
-    }else if(strncmp(p, "FILE:", 4) == 0 && (p[4] == ':' || p[4] == '=')){
+    }else if(strncmp(p, "FILE", 4) == 0 && (p[4] == ':' || p[4] == '=')){
 	char *fn;
 	FILE *file = NULL;
 	int keep_open = 0;
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ krb5_addlog_dest(krb5_context context, krb5_log_facility *f, const char *orig)
 	    keep_open = 1;
 	}
 	ret = open_file(context, f, min, max, fn, "a", file, keep_open);
-    }else if(strncmp(p, "DEVICE=", 6) == 0){
+    }else if(strncmp(p, "DEVICE", 6) == 0 && (p[6] == ':' || p[6] == '=')){
 	ret = open_file(context, f, min, max, strdup(p + 7), "w", NULL, 0);
     }else if(strncmp(p, "SYSLOG", 6) == 0 && (p[6] == '\0' || p[6] == ':')){
 	char severity[128] = "";