diff --git a/src/logging.cpp b/src/logging.cpp
index 947eb2bbf00b8a43e5b10a8a4cdec860ed4f8aac..61c584b016285cab37b9f6733665516f78bdd75d 100644
--- a/src/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/logging.cpp
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ static void initLogging(Config *config, std::string key, bool only_create_dir =
 				dirs.push_back(dir);
 			}
 		}
+#ifndef WIN32
 		mode_t old_cmask;
 		// create directories
-#ifndef WIN32
 		old_cmask = umask(0007);
 #endif