diff --git a/src/elog.cpp b/src/elog.cpp
index 9cd18c8..ba6e522 100644
--- a/src/elog.cpp
+++ b/src/elog.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 
 void ElogBase::operator()(Context ctx)
 {
+    if (ctx == Context::START)
+    {
+        // No action should be taken as this call back is being called from
+        // daemon Startup.
+        return;
+    }
     log();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/elog.hpp b/src/elog.hpp
index 996fd58..24e2009 100644
--- a/src/elog.hpp
+++ b/src/elog.hpp
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@
      */
     void operator()(Context ctx) override
     {
+        if (ctx == Context::START)
+        {
+            // No action should be taken as this call back is being called from
+            // daemon Startup.
+            return;
+        }
         auto data = captureMetadata();
 
         phosphor::logging::report<errorType>(metadataType(data.c_str()));