diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index e3e00f81f..b87cf1640 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/crypto"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger/message/log"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/cpu"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/event/target"
@@ -1227,8 +1228,8 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ConsoleLogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	for {
 		select {
 		case entry := <-logCh:
-			log := entry.(madmin.LogInfo)
-			if log.SendLog(node, logKind) {
+			log, ok := entry.(log.Info)
+			if ok && log.SendLog(node, logKind) {
 				if err := enc.Encode(log); err != nil {
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/consolelogger.go b/cmd/consolelogger.go
index 1a21fd709..b6ebda107 100644
--- a/cmd/consolelogger.go
+++ b/cmd/consolelogger.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger/message/log"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger/target/console"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/madmin"
 	xnet "github.com/minio/minio/pkg/net"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/pubsub"
 )
@@ -84,17 +83,20 @@ func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Subscribe(subCh chan interface{}, doneCh chan s
 	cnt := 0
 	// by default send all console logs in the ring buffer unless node or limit query parameters
 	// are set.
-	var lastN []madmin.LogInfo
+	var lastN []log.Info
 	if last > defaultLogBufferCount || last <= 0 {
 		last = defaultLogBufferCount
 	}
 
-	lastN = make([]madmin.LogInfo, last)
+	lastN = make([]log.Info, last)
 	sys.RLock()
 	sys.logBuf.Do(func(p interface{}) {
-		if p != nil && (p.(madmin.LogInfo)).SendLog(node, logKind) {
-			lastN[cnt%last] = p.(madmin.LogInfo)
-			cnt++
+		if p != nil {
+			lg, ok := p.(log.Info)
+			if ok && lg.SendLog(node, logKind) {
+				lastN[cnt%last] = lg
+				cnt++
+			}
 		}
 	})
 	sys.RUnlock()
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Subscribe(subCh chan interface{}, doneCh chan s
 	if cnt > 0 {
 		for i := 0; i < last; i++ {
 			entry := lastN[(cnt+i)%last]
-			if (entry == madmin.LogInfo{}) {
+			if (entry == log.Info{}) {
 				continue
 			}
 			select {
diff --git a/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go b/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go
index 1309f041a..bc5140338 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2018 MinIO, Inc.
+ * MinIO Cloud Storage, (C) 2018, 2020 MinIO, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package log
 
+import "strings"
+
 // Args - defines the arguments for the API.
 type Args struct {
 	Bucket   string            `json:"bucket,omitempty"`
@@ -58,3 +60,10 @@ type Info struct {
 	NodeName   string `json:"node"`
 	Err        error  `json:"-"`
 }
+
+// SendLog returns true if log pertains to node specified in args.
+func (l Info) SendLog(node, logKind string) bool {
+	nodeFltr := (node == "" || strings.EqualFold(node, l.NodeName))
+	typeFltr := strings.EqualFold(logKind, "all") || strings.EqualFold(l.LogKind, logKind)
+	return nodeFltr && typeFltr
+}
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/api-log.go b/pkg/madmin/api-log.go
index 7c1facbf0..0d1448b5d 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/api-log.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/api-log.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 // LogInfo holds console log messages
@@ -33,13 +32,6 @@ type LogInfo struct {
 	Err        error  `json:"-"`
 }
 
-// SendLog returns true if log pertains to node specified in args.
-func (l LogInfo) SendLog(node, logKind string) bool {
-	nodeFltr := (node == "" || strings.EqualFold(node, l.NodeName))
-	typeFltr := strings.EqualFold(logKind, "all") || strings.EqualFold(l.LogKind, logKind)
-	return nodeFltr && typeFltr
-}
-
 // GetLogs - listen on console log messages.
 func (adm AdminClient) GetLogs(ctx context.Context, node string, lineCnt int, logKind string) <-chan LogInfo {
 	logCh := make(chan LogInfo, 1)