diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index 0e4f3e8..8bf3d06 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 22 14:37:57 UTC 2014 - mt@suse.de
+
+- Stop syslog.socket in %preun to avoid the daemon we uninstall
+  gets started by a log message due to dependencies (bnc#840815).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun May 11 05:28:49 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/syslogd.spec b/syslogd.spec
index 5d84816..36aa0a3 100644
--- a/syslogd.spec
+++ b/syslogd.spec
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ chown news:news var/log/news/news.notice
 /usr/bin/systemctl -f enable syslogd.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 
 %preun
+%service_del_preun syslog.socket
 %service_del_preun syslogd.service
 
 %postun