diff --git a/system/adb/adb_banner.c b/system/adb/adb_banner.c
index ee4ca96ae..e1c54fbbb 100644
--- a/system/adb/adb_banner.c
+++ b/system/adb/adb_banner.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * apps/system/adb/adb_main.c
+ * apps/system/adb/adb_banner.c
  *
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
  * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
diff --git a/system/adb/adb_main.c b/system/adb/adb_main.c
index 2840e75a3..ca658fc40 100644
--- a/system/adb/adb_main.c
+++ b/system/adb/adb_main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 #include "adb.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ADBD_BOARD_INIT) || defined (CONFIG_BOARDCTL_RESET)
 #  include <sys/boardctl.h>
 #endif
@@ -38,11 +41,13 @@
 
 void adb_log_impl(FAR const char *func, int line, FAR const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+  struct va_format vaf;
   va_list ap;
-  fprintf(stderr, "%s (%d): ", func, line);
 
   va_start(ap, fmt);
-  vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+  vaf.fmt = fmt;
+  vaf.va  = &ap;
+  syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s (%d): %pV", func, line, &vaf);
   va_end(ap);
 }
 
@@ -57,13 +62,9 @@ void adb_reboot_impl(const char *target)
 
 int main(int argc, FAR char **argv)
 {
-  UNUSED(argc);
-  UNUSED(argv);
-
   adb_context_t *ctx;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ADBD_BOARD_INIT
-{
   boardctl(BOARDIOC_INIT, 0);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ADBD_USB_SERVER) && \
@@ -106,8 +107,6 @@ int main(int argc, FAR char **argv)
       return 1;
     }
 #endif /* ADBD_USB_SERVER && USBDEV_COMPOSITE && BOARDCTL_USBDEVCTRL */
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_ADBD_BOARD_INIT */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ADBD_NET_INIT