diff --git a/api/types/container/host_config.go b/api/types/container/host_config.go
index 77195bf2ed..dcea6c8a5a 100644
--- a/api/types/container/host_config.go
+++ b/api/types/container/host_config.go
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ type LogMode string
 
 // Available logging modes
 const (
-	LogModeUnset            = ""
+	LogModeUnset    LogMode = ""
 	LogModeBlocking LogMode = "blocking"
 	LogModeNonBlock LogMode = "non-blocking"
 )
diff --git a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/cache/local_cache.go b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/cache/local_cache.go
index 1ca19eb5db..c5e8fc2cac 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/cache/local_cache.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/cache/local_cache.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func WithLocalCache(l logger.Logger, info logger.Info) (logger.Logger, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error initializing local log cache driver")
 	}
 
-	if info.Config["mode"] == container.LogModeUnset || container.LogMode(info.Config["mode"]) == container.LogModeNonBlock {
+	if container.LogMode(info.Config["mode"]) == container.LogModeUnset || container.LogMode(info.Config["mode"]) == container.LogModeNonBlock {
 		var size int64 = -1
 		if s, exists := info.Config["max-buffer-size"]; exists {
 			size, err = units.RAMInBytes(s)