diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 518f8b8c8e..aebb510c41 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -2500,24 +2500,24 @@ static int transcode_init(OutputFile *output_files,
                 if (!strcmp(ost->enc->name, "libx264")) {
                     av_dict_set(&ost->opts, "stats", logfilename, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
                 } else {
-                if (codec->flags & CODEC_FLAG_PASS1) {
-                    f = fopen(logfilename, "wb");
-                    if (!f) {
-                        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot write log file '%s' for pass-1 encoding: %s\n",
-                               logfilename, strerror(errno));
-                        exit_program(1);
+                    if (codec->flags & CODEC_FLAG_PASS1) {
+                        f = fopen(logfilename, "wb");
+                        if (!f) {
+                            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot write log file '%s' for pass-1 encoding: %s\n",
+                                   logfilename, strerror(errno));
+                            exit_program(1);
+                        }
+                        ost->logfile = f;
+                    } else {
+                        char  *logbuffer;
+                        size_t logbuffer_size;
+                        if (cmdutils_read_file(logfilename, &logbuffer, &logbuffer_size) < 0) {
+                            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reading log file '%s' for pass-2 encoding\n",
+                                   logfilename);
+                            exit_program(1);
+                        }
+                        codec->stats_in = logbuffer;
                     }
-                    ost->logfile = f;
-                } else {
-                    char  *logbuffer;
-                    size_t logbuffer_size;
-                    if (cmdutils_read_file(logfilename, &logbuffer, &logbuffer_size) < 0) {
-                        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reading log file '%s' for pass-2 encoding\n",
-                               logfilename);
-                        exit_program(1);
-                    }
-                    codec->stats_in = logbuffer;
-                }
                 }
             }
         }