diff --git a/filebeat/input/syslog/input.go b/filebeat/input/syslog/input.go
index 29b2325359f..40ba08c74d5 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/syslog/input.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/syslog/input.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func NewInput(
 		Parse(data, ev)
 		var d *util.Data
 		if !ev.IsValid() {
-			log.Errorw("can't not parse event as syslog rfc3164", "message", string(data))
+			log.Errorw("can't parse event as syslog rfc3164", "message", string(data))
 			// On error revert to the raw bytes content, we need a better way to communicate this kind of
 			// error upstream this should be a global effort.
 			d = &util.Data{