diff --git a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/accesslogs/sender.go b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/accesslogs/sender.go
index 4cf5feca1b5e..90621d4dea02 100644
--- a/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/accesslogs/sender.go
+++ b/app/kuma-dp/pkg/dataplane/accesslogs/sender.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *sender) Connect() error {
 }
 
 func (s *sender) Send(record string) error {
-	_, err := s.conn.Write(append([]byte(record), byte('\n')))
+	_, err := s.conn.Write([]byte(record))
 	return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to send a log entry to a TCP logging backend: %s", s.address)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/xds/envoy/listeners/access_log_configurer.go b/pkg/xds/envoy/listeners/access_log_configurer.go
index 5e00a13f06d6..312b03463450 100644
--- a/pkg/xds/envoy/listeners/access_log_configurer.go
+++ b/pkg/xds/envoy/listeners/access_log_configurer.go
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ func convertLoggingBackend(mesh string, trafficDirection TrafficDirection, sourc
 	if backend.Format != "" {
 		formatString = backend.Format
 	}
-	format, err := accesslog.ParseFormat(formatString)
+
+	format, err := accesslog.ParseFormat(formatString + "\n")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid access log format string: %s", formatString)
 	}