diff --git a/opm/autodiff/FlowMain.hpp b/opm/autodiff/FlowMain.hpp
index 67358df27..0fb71ab9c 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/FlowMain.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/FlowMain.hpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ namespace Opm
             // force closing of all log files.
             OpmLog::removeAllBackends();
 
-            if( mpi_rank_ != 0 || !must_distribute_ )
+            if( mpi_rank_ != 0 || !must_distribute_ || !output_to_files_ )
             {
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp b/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp
index 0355a62a3..f3c353817 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/FlowMainEbos.hpp
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ namespace Opm
             // force closing of all log files.
             OpmLog::removeAllBackends();
 
-            if( mpi_rank_ != 0 || !must_distribute_ )
+            if( mpi_rank_ != 0 || !must_distribute_ || !output_to_files_ )
             {
                 return;
             }