diff --git a/src/log-pcap.c b/src/log-pcap.c
index f3d88eee1097..e78424337564 100644
--- a/src/log-pcap.c
+++ b/src/log-pcap.c
@@ -412,12 +412,11 @@ static int PcapLogOpenHandles(PcapLogData *pl, const Packet *p)
             }
             comp->file = fopen(pl->filename, "w");
             if (comp->file == NULL) {
-                SCLogError(SC_ERR_OPENING_FILE,
-                        "Error opening file for compressed output: %s",
-                        strerror(errno));
+                /* Removed error log so that it won't print twice,
+                 * but still would function the same.
+                 */
                 return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
             }
-
             uint64_t bytes_written = LZ4F_compressBegin(comp->lz4f_context,
                     comp->buffer, comp->buffer_size, NULL);
             if (LZ4F_isError(bytes_written)) {
@@ -576,6 +575,12 @@ static int PcapLog (ThreadVars *t, void *thread_data, const Packet *p)
             SCLogError(SC_ERR_FSEEK, "fseek failed: %s", strerror(errno));
             return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
         }
+        comp->file = fopen(pl->filename, "w");
+        if (comp->file == NULL) {
+            SCLogError(SC_ERR_OPENING_FILE, "Error opening file for compressed output: %s",
+                    strerror(errno));
+            return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
+        }
         if (fwrite(comp->buffer, 1, out_size, comp->file) < out_size) {
             SCLogError(SC_ERR_FWRITE, "fwrite failed: %s", strerror(errno));
             return TM_ECODE_FAILED;