diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 13c51795a..cb2ee7fbb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Bug fixes::
   * core: fix evaluation of condition with nested "if" (issue #1434)
   * irc: case-insensitive comparison on incoming CTCP command, force upper case on CTCP replies (issue #1439)
   * irc: fix memory leak when the channel topic is changed
+  * logger: fix crash when logging is disabled on a buffer and the log file was deleted in the meanwhile, when option logger.file.info_lines is on (issue #1444)
   * relay: update buffers synchronization when buffers are renamed (issue #1428)
   * xfer: send signal "xfer_ended" after the received file has been renamed (issue #1438)
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/logger/logger.c b/src/plugins/logger/logger.c
index 3fc528309..2a45f1365 100644
--- a/src/plugins/logger/logger.c
+++ b/src/plugins/logger/logger.c
@@ -552,10 +552,7 @@ logger_create_log_file (struct t_logger_buffer *logger_buffer)
     /* get log level */
     log_level = logger_get_level_for_buffer (logger_buffer->buffer);
     if (log_level == 0)
-    {
-        logger_buffer_free (logger_buffer);
         return 0;
-    }
 
     /* create directory */
     if (!logger_create_directory ())
@@ -566,16 +563,12 @@ logger_create_log_file (struct t_logger_buffer *logger_buffer)
               "(\"%s\")"),
             weechat_prefix ("error"), LOGGER_PLUGIN_NAME,
             weechat_config_string (logger_config_file_path));
-        logger_buffer_free (logger_buffer);
         return 0;
     }
     if (!logger_buffer->log_filename)
         logger_set_log_filename (logger_buffer);
     if (!logger_buffer->log_filename)
-    {
-        logger_buffer_free (logger_buffer);
         return 0;
-    }
 
     /* create or append to log file */
     logger_buffer->log_file =
@@ -587,7 +580,6 @@ logger_create_log_file (struct t_logger_buffer *logger_buffer)
             _("%s%s: unable to write log file \"%s\": %s"),
             weechat_prefix ("error"), LOGGER_PLUGIN_NAME,
             logger_buffer->log_filename, strerror (errno));
-        logger_buffer_free (logger_buffer);
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -603,7 +595,6 @@ logger_create_log_file (struct t_logger_buffer *logger_buffer)
         fclose (logger_buffer->log_file);
         logger_buffer->log_file = NULL;
         logger_buffer->log_file_inode = 0;
-        logger_buffer_free (logger_buffer);
         return 0;
     }
     logger_buffer->log_file_inode = statbuf.st_ino;
@@ -654,6 +645,9 @@ logger_write_line (struct t_logger_buffer *logger_buffer,
     if (!logger_create_log_file (logger_buffer))
         return;
 
+    if (!logger_buffer->log_file)
+        return;
+
     weechat_va_format (format);
     if (vbuffer)
     {
@@ -710,10 +704,8 @@ logger_stop (struct t_logger_buffer *logger_buffer, int write_info_line)
                                _("%s\t****  End of log  ****"),
                                buf_time);
         }
-        fclose (logger_buffer->log_file);
-        logger_buffer->log_file = NULL;
-        logger_buffer->log_file_inode = 0;
     }
+
     logger_buffer_free (logger_buffer);
 }