diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5ec8b46310..b3cbb4db35 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Saul Kravitz <Saul.Kravitz@celera.com>
 Sergio Garcia Murillo <sergio.garcia.murillo@gmail.com>
 Shaofan Qi <vshaqi@gmail.com>
 Shuhai Peng <shuhai.peng@intel.com>
+Seija <doremylover123@gmail.com>
 Silviu Caragea <silviu.cpp@gmail.com>
 Stefan Gula <steweg@gmail.com>
 Stephan Hartmann <stha09@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/rtc_base/logging.cc b/rtc_base/logging.cc
index 4bc9183d97..65d50594b6 100644
--- a/rtc_base/logging.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/logging.cc
@@ -363,20 +363,16 @@ void LogMessage::OutputToDebug(const LogLineRef& log_line) {
   // On the Mac, all stderr output goes to the Console log and causes clutter.
   // So in opt builds, don't log to stderr unless the user specifically sets
   // a preference to do so.
-  CFStringRef key = CFStringCreateWithCString(
-      kCFAllocatorDefault, "logToStdErr", kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
   CFStringRef domain = CFBundleGetIdentifier(CFBundleGetMainBundle());
-  if (key != nullptr && domain != nullptr) {
+  if (domain != nullptr) {
     Boolean exists_and_is_valid;
     Boolean should_log =
-        CFPreferencesGetAppBooleanValue(key, domain, &exists_and_is_valid);
+        CFPreferencesGetAppBooleanValue(CFSTR("logToStdErr"), domain,
+                                        &exists_and_is_valid);
     // If the key doesn't exist or is invalid or is false, we will not log to
     // stderr.
     log_to_stderr = exists_and_is_valid && should_log;
   }
-  if (key != nullptr) {
-    CFRelease(key);
-  }
 #endif  // defined(WEBRTC_MAC) && !defined(WEBRTC_IOS) && defined(NDEBUG)
 
 #if defined(WEBRTC_WIN)