diff --git a/etc/inc/system.inc b/etc/inc/system.inc
index a2471695f8..8b13f692fc 100644
--- a/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ function system_syslogd_start() {
 			printf(gettext("Error: cannot open syslog.conf in system_syslogd_start().%s"), "\n");
 			return 1;
 		}
-		$syslogconf .= "!ntpdate,ntpd\n";
+		$syslogconf .= "!ntpdate,ntp,ntpd\n";
 		if (!isset($syslogcfg['disablelocallogging'])) 
 			$syslogconf .= "*.*								{$log_directive}{$g['varlog_path']}/ntpd.log\n";