1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 9c2619f271..383be1b617 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     bdrv_init_with_whitelist();
 
-    autostart= 1;
+    autostart = 1;
 
     /* first pass of option parsing */
     optind = 1;
@@ -3899,8 +3899,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         qemu_set_log(mask);
     }
 
-    if (!trace_backend_init(trace_events, trace_file)) {
-        exit(1);
+    if (!is_daemonized()) {
+        if (!trace_backend_init(trace_events, trace_file)) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
     }
 
     /* If no data_dir is specified then try to find it relative to the
@@ -4399,6 +4401,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     os_setup_post();
 
+    if (is_daemonized()) {
+        if (!trace_backend_init(trace_events, trace_file)) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
     main_loop();
     bdrv_close_all();
     pause_all_vcpus();