diff --git a/include/libcamera/base/log.h b/include/libcamera/base/log.h
index 620930125..d73aa7913 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/base/log.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/base/log.h
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ public:
 private:
 	LIBCAMERA_DISABLE_COPY(LogMessage)
 
-	void init(const char *fileName, unsigned int line);
-
 	std::ostringstream msgStream_;
 	const LogCategory &category_;
 	LogSeverity severity_;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/base/log.cpp b/src/libcamera/base/log.cpp
index 1024fed7f..1513e41fb 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/base/log.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/base/log.cpp
@@ -876,9 +876,12 @@ const LogCategory &LogCategory::defaultCategory()
 LogMessage::LogMessage(const char *fileName, unsigned int line,
 		       const LogCategory &category, LogSeverity severity,
 		       const std::string &prefix)
-	: category_(category), severity_(severity), prefix_(prefix)
+	: category_(category), severity_(severity),
+	  timestamp_(utils::clock::now()), prefix_(prefix)
 {
-	init(fileName, line);
+	std::ostringstream ossFileInfo;
+	ossFileInfo << utils::basename(fileName) << ":" << line;
+	fileInfo_ = std::move(ossFileInfo).str();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -901,16 +904,6 @@ LogMessage::LogMessage(LogMessage &&other)
 {
 }
 
-void LogMessage::init(const char *fileName, unsigned int line)
-{
-	/* Log the timestamp, severity and file information. */
-	timestamp_ = utils::clock::now();
-
-	std::ostringstream ossFileInfo;
-	ossFileInfo << utils::basename(fileName) << ":" << line;
-	fileInfo_ = ossFileInfo.str();
-}
-
 LogMessage::~LogMessage()
 {
 	/* Don't print anything if we have been moved to another LogMessage. */