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diff --git a/cloudinit/stages.py b/cloudinit/stages.py
index 65f952e7..509d8f7f 100644
--- a/cloudinit/stages.py
+++ b/cloudinit/stages.py
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ class Init:
util.ensure_dirs(self._initial_subdirs())
log_file = util.get_cfg_option_str(self.cfg, "def_log_file")
if log_file:
- util.ensure_file(log_file, mode=0o640, preserve_mode=True)
+ # At this point the log file should have already been created
+ # in the setupLogging function of log.py
+ util.ensure_file(log_file, mode=0o640, preserve_mode=False)
perms = self.cfg.get("syslog_fix_perms")
if not perms:
perms = {}