diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index af3dd1b..b3844d0 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ int
    are told to its loop. errno is left as it was. */
 void (*fiberblockfunc)(SOCKET s, short events) = NULL;
 void (*fiberclosefunc)(SOCKET s) = NULL;
+/* set as well: whether this thread is a loop's, which is not to wait */
+int (*onloopfunc)(void) = NULL;
 #define BLOCKED(s, ev) do { if(fiberblockfunc && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)) \
 	fiberblockfunc((s), (ev)); } while(0)
 
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 6db8484..61dca96 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -1049,6 +1049,14 @@ static void logdirect(struct logger *lg, struct clientparam *param, const unsign
 	unsigned msec, n = 0, lost = 0;
 	int res = 0, reopened = 0;
 
+	/* a loop's thread does not wait for a log whose thread could not be
+	   started, a database's or a server's: the line is dropped, counted */
+	if(onloopfunc && onloopfunc()){
+		_3proxy_mutex_lock(&lg->mutex);
+		lg->faildropped++;
+		_3proxy_mutex_unlock(&lg->mutex);
+		return;
+	}
 	lognow(&sec, &msec);
 	_3proxy_mutex_lock(&lg->mutex);
 	if(lg->failed && sec - lg->failtime >= LOGRETRY){
diff --git a/src/mainloop.c b/src/mainloop.c
index dd9b5eb..5d216f0 100644
--- a/src/mainloop.c
+++ b/src/mainloop.c
@@ -1177,6 +1177,7 @@ static int loopsstart(void){
 		sockmapcbfunc = fibermap;
 #endif
 		fiberpollfunc = fiberpoll;
+		onloopfunc = onlooper;
 	}
 	_3proxy_mutex_unlock(&loops_mutex);
 	return !i;
diff --git a/src/proxy.h b/src/proxy.h
index fa4cd38..c2097d0 100644
--- a/src/proxy.h
+++ b/src/proxy.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ int sockpoll(struct sockfuncs *sf, void *state, struct pollfd *fds, unsigned nfd
 extern int (*fiberpollfunc)(struct pollfd *fds, unsigned nfds, int timeout);
 extern void (*fiberblockfunc)(SOCKET s, short events);
 extern void (*fiberclosefunc)(SOCKET s);
+extern int (*onloopfunc)(void);
 int sockreadable(SOCKET s);
 #ifndef _WIN32
 int fdclose(int fd);