diff --git a/include/syslog.h b/include/syslog.h
index 5b4d2964..976fee09 100644
--- a/include/syslog.h
+++ b/include/syslog.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define LOG_PRIMASK 7
 #define LOG_PRI(p) ((p)&LOG_PRIMASK)
-#define	LOG_MAKEPRI(f, p) (((f)<<3)|(p))
+#define	LOG_MAKEPRI(f, p) ((f)|(p))
 
 #define LOG_MASK(p) (1<<(p))
 #define LOG_UPTO(p) ((1<<((p)+1))-1)
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define LOG_LOCAL7   (23<<3)
 
 #define LOG_NFACILITIES 24
-#define LOG_FACMASK 0x3f8
-#define LOG_FAC(p) (((p)&LOG_FACMASK)>>3)
+#define LOG_FACMASK 0xf8
+#define LOG_FAC(p) ((p)&LOG_FACMASK)
 
 #define LOG_PID    0x01
 #define LOG_CONS   0x02
diff --git a/src/misc/syslog.c b/src/misc/syslog.c
index 710202f9..3131c782 100644
--- a/src/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/src/misc/syslog.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void _vsyslog(int priority, const char *message, va_list ap)
 static void __vsyslog(int priority, const char *message, va_list ap)
 {
 	int cs;
-	if (!(log_mask & LOG_MASK(priority&7)) || (priority&~0x3ff)) return;
+	if (!(log_mask & LOG_MASK(priority&7)) || (priority&~0xff)) return;
 	pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &cs);
 	LOCK(lock);
 	_vsyslog(priority, message, ap);