diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/fs_rom/main.cc b/repos/os/src/server/fs_rom/main.cc
index d6f4b4bd25..984314f016 100755
--- a/repos/os/src/server/fs_rom/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/fs_rom/main.cc
@@ -487,6 +487,19 @@ class Fs_rom::Rom_root : public Root_component<Fs_rom::Rom_session_component>
 
 void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Print message to force the creation of the env LOG session, which would
+	 * otherwise be created on the first (error) message. The latter becomes a
+	 * problem when using the fs_rom as a provider for the env ROM sessions
+	 * (like depot_rom in the sculpt scenario). Here, an error message printed
+	 * in the synchronously called 'Rom_session::dataspace' RPC function may
+	 * create a livelock on the attempt to obtain the LOG session.
+	 *
+	 * XXX This workaround can be removed with the eager creation of the
+	 *     the env log session.
+	 */
+	Genode::log("--- fs_rom ---");
+
 	static Genode::Sliced_heap sliced_heap(env.ram(), env.rm());
 	static Fs_rom::Rom_root inst(env, sliced_heap);
 }