diff --git a/tool/tsh/common/vnet_daemon_darwin.go b/tool/tsh/common/vnet_daemon_darwin.go
index 69efccc050624..41d2668a43de6 100644
--- a/tool/tsh/common/vnet_daemon_darwin.go
+++ b/tool/tsh/common/vnet_daemon_darwin.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (c *vnetDaemonCommand) run(cf *CLIConf) error {
 		level = slog.LevelDebug
 	}
 
-	if err := utils.InitLogger(utils.LoggingForDaemon, level, utils.WithOSLog(subsystem)); err != nil {
+	if _, err := utils.InitLogger(utils.LoggingForDaemon, level, utils.WithOSLog(subsystem)); err != nil {
 		return trace.Wrap(err, "initializing logger")
 	}