diff --git a/drivers/syslog/syslog_initialize.c b/drivers/syslog/syslog_initialize.c
index 146602f440c..409c92bde69 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/syslog_initialize.c
+++ b/drivers/syslog/syslog_initialize.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int syslog_initialize(void)
   syslog_register();
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOG_CHARDEV
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSLOG_RPMSG
   syslog_rpmsg_init();
 #endif