diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 596590a..f8a7504 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ xx/xx/2018 autofs-5.1.5
 - add conditional inclusion of fedfs binaries.
 - add an example fedfs master map entry to the installed master map.
 - improve hostname lookup error logging.
+- tiny patch for autofs typo and possible bug.
 
 19/12/2017 autofs-5.1.4
 - fix spec file url.
diff --git a/lib/defaults.c b/lib/defaults.c
index d20c190..ae4d27c 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.c
+++ b/lib/defaults.c
@@ -1207,12 +1207,12 @@ unsigned int defaults_read_config(unsigned int to_syslog)
 
 	conf = open_fopen_r(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE);
 	if (!conf)
-		message(to_syslog, "failed to to open config %s",
+		message(to_syslog, "failed to open config %s",
 			DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE);
 
 	oldconf = open_fopen_r(OLD_CONFIG_FILE);
-	if (!oldconf)
-		message(to_syslog, "failed to to open old config %s",
+	if (!oldconf && !conf)
+		message(to_syslog, "failed to open old config %s",
 			OLD_CONFIG_FILE);
 
 	/* Neither config has been updated */