diff --git a/p2p/discovery/mdns.go b/p2p/discovery/mdns.go
index 691b51a29be503dbdafd2f28f6b6914435edc710..e41c175caadfe0dcedc9c4b65810f30383e7eb2c 100644
--- a/p2p/discovery/mdns.go
+++ b/p2p/discovery/mdns.go
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/whyrusleeping/mdns"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// don't let mdns use logging...
+	mdns.DisableLogging = true
+}
+
 var log = logging.Logger("mdns")
 
 const ServiceTag = "_ipfs-discovery._udp"
@@ -62,9 +67,6 @@ func getDialableListenAddrs(ph host.Host) ([]*net.TCPAddr, error) {
 
 func NewMdnsService(ctx context.Context, peerhost host.Host, interval time.Duration, serviceTag string) (Service, error) {
 
-	// don't let mdns use logging...
-	mdns.DisableLogging = true
-
 	var ipaddrs []net.IP
 	port := 4001