Index: usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
+++ usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
@@ -809,7 +809,6 @@
 	struct include_entry *inc;
 	int gmatch, fnres;
 
-	defconf = NULL;
 	STAILQ_INIT(&inclist);
 
 	filelist = malloc(sizeof(struct cflist));
@@ -841,7 +840,7 @@
 
 		if (verbose)
 			printf("Processing %s\n", inc->file);
-		parse_file(f, filelist, globlist, defconf, &inclist);
+		parse_file(f, filelist, globlist, NULL, &inclist);
 		(void) fclose(f);
 	}
 
@@ -855,25 +854,19 @@
 	if (*files == NULL) {
 		expand_globs(filelist, globlist);
 		free_clist(globlist);
-		if (defconf != NULL)
-			free_entry(defconf);
 		return (filelist);
-		/* NOTREACHED */
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If newsyslog was given a specific list of files to process,
 	 * it may be that some of those files were not listed in any
 	 * config file.  Those unlisted files should get the default
-	 * rotation action.  First, create the default-rotation action
-	 * if none was found in a system config file.
+	 * rotation action.  First, create the default-rotation action.
 	 */
-	if (defconf == NULL) {
-		defconf = init_entry(DEFAULT_MARKER, NULL);
-		defconf->numlogs = 3;
-		defconf->trsize = 50;
-		defconf->permissions = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR;
-	}
+	defconf = init_entry(DEFAULT_MARKER, NULL);
+	defconf->numlogs = 3;
+	defconf->trsize = 50;
+	defconf->permissions = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR;
 
 	/*
 	 * If newsyslog was run with a list of specific filenames,