diff --git a/src/gvmd.c b/src/gvmd.c
index 8a8d1e0ec..d2492c407 100644
--- a/src/gvmd.c
+++ b/src/gvmd.c
@@ -2404,6 +2404,9 @@ gvmd (int argc, char** argv, char *env[])
       gvm_close_sentry ();
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+  else
+    set_log_tz ("utc 0");
+
   tzset ();
 
   /* Set umask to hoard created files, including the database. */