diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLog.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLog.java
index 2d86075b71..5ac65e0f1d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLog.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLog.java
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ public class DeferredLog implements Log {
 			if (this.destination != null) {
 				logTo(this.destination, level, message, t);
 			}
-			this.lines.add(new Line(level, message, t));
+			else {
+				this.lines.add(new Line(level, message, t));
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLogTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLogTests.java
index 9b5adfbef4..c807c3ba72 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLogTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/DeferredLogTests.java
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.logging;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -169,9 +173,21 @@ public class DeferredLogTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void switchTo() {
+		DirectFieldAccessor deferredLogFieldAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(
+				this.deferredLog);
+		List<String> lines = (List<String>) deferredLogFieldAccessor
+				.getPropertyValue("lines");
+		assertThat(lines).isEmpty();
+
 		this.deferredLog.error(this.message, this.throwable);
+		assertThat(lines).hasSize(1);
+
 		this.deferredLog.switchTo(this.log);
+		assertThat(lines).isEmpty();
+
 		this.deferredLog.info("Message2");
+		assertThat(lines).isEmpty();
+
 		verify(this.log).error(this.message, this.throwable);
 		verify(this.log).info("Message2", null);
 	}