diff --git a/src/Factory/LoggerFactory.php b/src/Factory/LoggerFactory.php
index 7bb4e3215d..cf7888cabb 100644
--- a/src/Factory/LoggerFactory.php
+++ b/src/Factory/LoggerFactory.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class LoggerFactory
 
 		$introspection = new Introspection(self::$ignoreClassList);
 		$level = $config->get('system', 'loglevel');
+		$loglevel = self::mapLegacyConfigDebugLevel((string)$level);
 
 		switch ($config->get('system', 'logger_config', 'stream')) {
 			case 'monolog':
@@ -71,18 +72,17 @@ class LoggerFactory
 
 				$stream = $config->get('system', 'logfile');
 
-				$loglevel = self::mapLegacyConfigDebugLevel((string)$level);
 				static::addStreamHandler($logger, $stream, $loglevel);
 				break;
 
 			case 'syslog':
-				$logger = new SyslogLogger($channel, $introspection, $level);
+				$logger = new SyslogLogger($channel, $introspection, $loglevel);
 				break;
 
 			case 'stream':
 			default:
 				$stream = $config->get('system', 'logfile');
-				$logger = new StreamLogger($channel, $stream, $introspection, $level);
+				$logger = new StreamLogger($channel, $stream, $introspection, $loglevel);
 				break;
 		}