Index: uspace/lib/c/generic/io/logctl.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/lib/c/generic/io/logctl.c	(revision 494f417f0c783cba28829b62278c85e90f9410a7)
+++ uspace/lib/c/generic/io/logctl.c	(revision 7034b4432f7aec59eebdea599b996e2e253e047b)
@@ -45,13 +45,22 @@
 static async_sess_t *logger_session = NULL;
 
-static int connect_to_logger()
+static int start_logger_exchange(async_exch_t **exchange_out)
 {
-	if (logger_session != NULL)
-		return EOK;
+	assert(exchange_out != NULL);
 
-	logger_session = service_connect_blocking(EXCHANGE_SERIALIZE,
-	    SERVICE_LOGGER, LOGGER_INTERFACE_CONTROL, 0);
-	if (logger_session == NULL)
+	if (logger_session == NULL) {
+		logger_session = service_connect_blocking(EXCHANGE_SERIALIZE,
+		    SERVICE_LOGGER, LOGGER_INTERFACE_CONTROL, 0);
+		if (logger_session == NULL)
+			return ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	assert(logger_session != NULL);
+
+	async_exch_t *exchange = async_exchange_begin(logger_session);
+	if (exchange == NULL)
 		return ENOMEM;
+
+	*exchange_out = exchange;
 
 	return EOK;
@@ -61,11 +70,8 @@
 int logctl_set_default_level(log_level_t new_level)
 {
-	int rc = connect_to_logger();
+	async_exch_t *exchange = NULL;
+	int rc = start_logger_exchange(&exchange);
 	if (rc != EOK)
 		return rc;
-
-	async_exch_t *exchange = async_exchange_begin(logger_session);
-	if (exchange == NULL)
-		return ENOMEM;
 
 	rc = (int) async_req_1_0(exchange,
@@ -79,11 +85,8 @@
 int logctl_set_namespace_level(const char *namespace, log_level_t new_level)
 {
-	int rc = connect_to_logger();
+	async_exch_t *exchange = NULL;
+	int rc = start_logger_exchange(&exchange);
 	if (rc != EOK)
 		return rc;
-
-	async_exch_t *exchange = async_exchange_begin(logger_session);
-	if (exchange == NULL)
-		return ENOMEM;
 
 	aid_t reg_msg = async_send_1(exchange, LOGGER_CTL_SET_NAMESPACE_LEVEL,