Index: head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c
===================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c
+++ head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
 		 */
 		if (no_compress - (f->f_type != F_PIPE) < 1 &&
 		    (flags & MARK) == 0 && msglen == f->f_prevlen &&
-		    f->f_prevline && !strcmp(msg, f->f_prevline) &&
+		    !strcmp(msg, f->f_prevline) &&
 		    !strcasecmp(from, f->f_prevhost)) {
 			(void)strlcpy(f->f_lasttime, timestamp,
 				sizeof(f->f_lasttime));
@@ -1175,11 +1175,9 @@
 		v->iov_base = repbuf;
 		v->iov_len = snprintf(repbuf, sizeof repbuf,
 		    "last message repeated %d times", f->f_prevcount);
-	} else if (f->f_prevline) {
+	} else {
 		v->iov_base = f->f_prevline;
 		v->iov_len = f->f_prevlen;
-	} else {
-		return;
 	}
 	v++;