diff --git a/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c b/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c
index fb123208ac..f1648037c0 100644
--- a/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c
+++ b/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c
@@ -686,9 +686,12 @@ void sdlog2_start_log()
 	pthread_attr_init(&logwriter_attr);
 
 	struct sched_param param;
+	(void)pthread_attr_getschedparam(&logwriter_attr, &param);
 	/* low priority, as this is expensive disk I/O */
 	param.sched_priority = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT - 40;
-	(void)pthread_attr_setschedparam(&logwriter_attr, &param);
+	if (pthread_attr_setschedparam(&logwriter_attr, &param)) {
+		warnx("sdlog2: failed setting sched params");
+	}
 
 	pthread_attr_setstacksize(&logwriter_attr, 2048);