diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
index 691e6eb..5434826 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static FILE *csvlogFile = NULL;
 NON_EXEC_STATIC pg_time_t first_syslogger_file_time = 0;
 static char *last_file_name = NULL;
 static char *last_csv_file_name = NULL;
+static bool log_metainfo_stale = false;
 
 /*
  * Buffers for saving partial messages from different backends.
@@ -299,6 +300,15 @@ SysLoggerMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		/* Clear any already-pending wakeups */
 		ResetLatch(MyLatch);
 
+		/* On a busy system the logfile meta information may not have been
+		 * written so retry.  (The cost of this is doing extra I/O on an
+		 * already busy system.)  Write the info before SIGHUP config file
+		 * re-read in an attempt to not ever "skip" writing a logfile
+		 * filename.
+		 */
+		if (log_metainfo_stale)
+			logfile_writename();
+
 		/*
 		 * Process any requests or signals received recently.
 		 */
@@ -1431,6 +1441,11 @@ logfile_writename(void)
 
 	if ((fh = logfile_open(tempfn, "w", true) ) == NULL)
 	{
+		if (errno == ENFILE || errno == EMFILE)
+			/* The system is too busy to write logfile meta info.
+			 * This is not too suprising on a busy system.
+			 * Try again when logs are next written. */
+			log_metainfo_stale = true;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1469,4 +1484,6 @@ logfile_writename(void)
 						tempfn)));
 		return;
 	}
+
+	log_metainfo_stale = false;
 }