diff -ru sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/klogd.c sysklogd-1.4.1/klogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/klogd.c	2001-03-11 20:40:10.000000000 +0100
+++ sysklogd-1.4.1/klogd.c	2007-06-18 13:22:06.978362000 +0200
@@ -414,9 +414,11 @@
 {
 	CloseLogSrc();
 	Syslog(LOG_INFO, "Kernel log daemon terminating.");
-	sleep(1);
-	if ( output_file != (FILE *) 0 )
+	if ( output_file != (FILE *) 0 ) {
+                fflush(output_file);
+                fsync(fileno(output_file));
 		fclose(output_file);
+        }
 	closelog();
 #ifndef TESTING
 	(void) remove_pid(PidFile);