diff --git a/src/bozo/bosserver.c b/src/bozo/bosserver.c
index 9fab1c0e90..90a8bcab34 100644
--- a/src/bozo/bosserver.c
+++ b/src/bozo/bosserver.c
@@ -870,8 +870,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     if ((!DoSyslog)
 #ifndef AFS_NT40_ENV
-	&& (!(fstat(AFSDIR_BOZLOG_FILE, &sb) == 0) && 
-	(S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)))
+	&& ((lstat(AFSDIR_BOZLOG_FILE, &sb) == 0) && 
+	!(S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)))
 #endif
 	) {
 	strcpy(namebuf, AFSDIR_BOZLOG_FILE);
diff --git a/src/util/serverLog.c b/src/util/serverLog.c
index 5145e8e20b..2f1e78b373 100644
--- a/src/util/serverLog.c
+++ b/src/util/serverLog.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ OpenLog(const char *fileName)
     }
 
     /* Support named pipes as logs by not rotating them */
-    if ((fstat(fileName, &statbuf) == 0)  && (S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode))) {
+    if ((lstat(fileName, &statbuf) == 0)  && (S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode))) {
 	isfifo = 1;
     }
 #endif
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ ReOpenLog(const char *fileName)
     }
 
     /* Support named pipes as logs by not rotating them */
-    if ((fstat(fileName, &statbuf) == 0)  && (S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode))) {
+    if ((lstat(fileName, &statbuf) == 0)  && (S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode))) {
 	isfifo = 1;
     }
 #endif