diff --git a/include/nm-test-utils.h b/include/nm-test-utils.h
index 79fb3b48b..157b3dbc7 100644
--- a/include/nm-test-utils.h
+++ b/include/nm-test-utils.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ nmtst_free (void)
 }
 
 inline static void
-__nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging, const char *log_level, const char *log_domains)
+__nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging, const char *log_level, const char *log_domains, gboolean *out_set_logging)
 {
 	const char *nmtst_debug;
 	gboolean is_debug = FALSE;
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ __nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging, const char *log_
 	GArray *debug_messages = g_array_new (TRUE, FALSE, sizeof (char *));
 	int i;
 	gboolean no_expect_message = FALSE;
+	gboolean _out_set_logging;
+
+	if (!out_set_logging)
+		out_set_logging = &_out_set_logging;
+	*out_set_logging = FALSE;
 
 	g_assert (!nmtst_initialized ());
 
@@ -275,6 +280,7 @@ __nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging, const char *log_
 		gboolean success = TRUE;
 #ifdef __NETWORKMANAGER_LOGGING_H__
 		success = nm_logging_setup (log_level, log_domains, NULL, NULL);
+		*out_set_logging = TRUE;
 #endif
 		g_assert (success);
 	} else if (__nmtst_internal.no_expect_message) {
@@ -291,6 +297,7 @@ __nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging, const char *log_
 			gboolean success;
 
 			success = nm_logging_setup (log_level, log_domains, NULL, NULL);
+			*out_set_logging = TRUE;
 			g_assert (success);
 		}
 #endif
@@ -336,18 +343,27 @@ __nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging, const char *log_
 inline static void
 nmtst_init_with_logging (int *argc, char ***argv, const char *log_level, const char *log_domains)
 {
-	__nmtst_init (argc, argv, FALSE, log_level, log_domains);
+	__nmtst_init (argc, argv, FALSE, log_level, log_domains, NULL);
 }
 inline static void
-nmtst_init_assert_logging (int *argc, char ***argv)
+nmtst_init_assert_logging (int *argc, char ***argv, const char *log_level, const char *log_domains)
 {
-	__nmtst_init (argc, argv, TRUE, NULL, NULL);
+	gboolean set_logging;
+
+	__nmtst_init (argc, argv, TRUE, NULL, NULL, &set_logging);
+
+	if (!set_logging) {
+		gboolean success;
+
+		success = nm_logging_setup (log_level, log_domains, NULL, NULL);
+		g_assert (success);
+	}
 }
 #else
 inline static void
 nmtst_init (int *argc, char ***argv, gboolean assert_logging)
 {
-	__nmtst_init (argc, argv, assert_logging, NULL, NULL);
+	__nmtst_init (argc, argv, assert_logging, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/tests/test-dhcp-utils.c b/src/dhcp-manager/tests/test-dhcp-utils.c
index 961bd8a2e..286c1d747 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/tests/test-dhcp-utils.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/tests/test-dhcp-utils.c
@@ -694,8 +694,7 @@ NMTST_DEFINE ();
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
-	nm_logging_setup ("WARN", "DEFAULT", NULL, NULL);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "WARN", "DEFAULT");
 
 	g_test_add_func ("/dhcp/generic-options", test_generic_options);
 	g_test_add_func ("/dhcp/wins-options", test_wins_options);
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ibft/tests/test-ibft.c b/src/settings/plugins/ibft/tests/test-ibft.c
index d5da9ec02..980a9ceed 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ibft/tests/test-ibft.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ibft/tests/test-ibft.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ NMTST_DEFINE ();
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "INFO", "DEFAULT");
 
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "ibft/dhcp", test_read_ibft_dhcp);
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "ibft/static", test_read_ibft_static);
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh-utils.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh-utils.c
index 8494c6382..13f1126e4 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh-utils.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh-utils.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *base;
 
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "INFO", "DEFAULT");
 
 	/* The tests */
 	test_get_ifcfg_name ("get-ifcfg-name-bad", "/foo/bar/adfasdfadf", FALSE, NULL);
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
index e5e4f3d47..24b2f398e 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
@@ -12443,7 +12443,7 @@ NMTST_DEFINE ();
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "INFO", "DEFAULT");
 
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "svUnescape", test_svUnescape);
 	g_test_add_func (TPATH "vlan-trailing-spaces", test_read_vlan_trailing_spaces);
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/test_all.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/test_all.c
index 9c3991287..76ed0c7d6 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/test_all.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/test_all.c
@@ -448,8 +448,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 	nm_linux_platform_setup ();
 
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
-	nm_logging_setup ("WARN", "DEFAULT", NULL, NULL);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "WARN", "DEFAULT");
 
 	f = g_build_filename (argv[1], "net", NULL);
 	ifnet_init (f);
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/tests/test-keyfile.c b/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/tests/test-keyfile.c
index a86bfed6c..ab9081621 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/tests/test-keyfile.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/tests/test-keyfile.c
@@ -3632,7 +3632,7 @@ NMTST_DEFINE ();
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "INFO", "DEFAULT");
 
 	/* The tests */
 	g_test_add_func ("/keyfile/test_read_valid_wired_connection ", test_read_valid_wired_connection);
diff --git a/src/tests/config/test-config.c b/src/tests/config/test-config.c
index b03cfc112..f4d72d333 100644
--- a/src/tests/config/test-config.c
+++ b/src/tests/config/test-config.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ NMTST_DEFINE ();
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "INFO", "DEFAULT");
 
 	/* Initialize the DBus manager singleton explicitly, because it is accessed by
 	 * the class initializer of NMDevice (used by the NMTestDevice stub).
diff --git a/src/tests/test-general-with-expect.c b/src/tests/test-general-with-expect.c
index f5010dae4..e341ca798 100644
--- a/src/tests/test-general-with-expect.c
+++ b/src/tests/test-general-with-expect.c
@@ -338,9 +338,7 @@ NMTST_DEFINE ();
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv);
-
-	nm_logging_setup ("DEBUG", "DEFAULT", NULL, NULL);
+	nmtst_init_assert_logging (&argc, &argv, "DEBUG", "DEFAULT");
 
 	g_test_add_func ("/general/nm_utils_kill_child", test_nm_utils_kill_child);