diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index 820e9b4cba..ac8bad2361 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ type DockerContainer struct {
 
 	// logProductionWaitGroup is used to signal when the log production has stopped.
 	// This allows stopLogProduction to safely set logProductionStop to nil.
+	// See simplification in https://go.dev/play/p/x0pOElF2Vjf
 	logProductionWaitGroup sync.WaitGroup
 
-	// logProductionMutex protects logProductionStop channel so it can be started again.
-	logProductionMutex sync.Mutex
-	logProductionStop  chan struct{}
+	logProductionStop chan struct{}
 
 	logProductionTimeout *time.Duration
 	logger               Logging
@@ -697,17 +696,8 @@ func (c *DockerContainer) StartLogProducer(ctx context.Context, opts ...LogProdu
 // Use functional option WithLogProductionTimeout() to override default timeout. If it's
 // lower than 5s and greater than 60s it will be set to 5s or 60s respectively.
 func (c *DockerContainer) startLogProduction(ctx context.Context, opts ...LogProductionOption) error {
-	{
-		c.logProductionMutex.Lock()
-		defer c.logProductionMutex.Unlock()
-
-		if c.logProductionStop != nil {
-			return errors.New("log production already started")
-		}
-
-		c.logProductionStop = make(chan struct{})
-		c.logProductionWaitGroup.Add(1)
-	}
+	c.logProductionStop = make(chan struct{}, 1) // buffered channel to avoid blocking
+	c.logProductionWaitGroup.Add(1)
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(c)
@@ -828,18 +818,12 @@ func (c *DockerContainer) StopLogProducer() error {
 // stopLogProduction will stop the concurrent process that is reading logs
 // and sending them to each added LogConsumer
 func (c *DockerContainer) stopLogProduction() error {
-	// TODO: Remove locking and wait group once StartLogProducer and StopLogProducer
-	// have been removed and hence logging can only be started / stopped once.
-	c.logProductionMutex.Lock()
-	defer c.logProductionMutex.Unlock()
-	if c.logProductionStop != nil {
-		close(c.logProductionStop)
-		c.logProductionWaitGroup.Wait()
-		// Set c.logProductionStop to nil so that it can be started again.
-		c.logProductionStop = nil
-		return <-c.logProductionError
-	}
-	return nil
+	// signal the log production to stop
+	c.logProductionStop <- struct{}{}
+
+	c.logProductionWaitGroup.Wait()
+
+	return <-c.logProductionError
 }
 
 // GetLogProductionErrorChannel exposes the only way for the consumer
diff --git a/logconsumer_test.go b/logconsumer_test.go
index 192a00f954..d63e97e2df 100644
--- a/logconsumer_test.go
+++ b/logconsumer_test.go
@@ -638,3 +638,58 @@ func Test_MultiContainerLogConsumer_CancelledContext(t *testing.T) {
 	// the multiple containers.
 	assert.False(t, strings.Contains(actual, logStoppedForOutOfSyncMessage))
 }
+
+type FooLogConsumer struct {
+	LogChannel chan string
+}
+
+func (c FooLogConsumer) Accept(rawLog Log) {
+	log := string(rawLog.Content)
+	c.LogChannel <- log
+}
+
+func NewFooLogConsumer() *FooLogConsumer {
+	return &FooLogConsumer{
+		LogChannel: make(chan string),
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRestartContainerWithLogConsumer(t *testing.T) {
+	logConsumer := NewFooLogConsumer()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	container, err := GenericContainer(ctx, GenericContainerRequest{
+		ContainerRequest: ContainerRequest{
+			Image:           "hello-world",
+			AlwaysPullImage: true,
+			LogConsumerCfg: &LogConsumerConfig{
+				Consumers: []LogConsumer{logConsumer},
+			},
+		},
+		Started: false,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cant create container: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	err = container.Start(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cant start container: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	d := 30 * time.Second
+	err = container.Stop(ctx, &d)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cant stop container: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	err = container.Start(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cant start container: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	for s := range logConsumer.LogChannel {
+		if strings.Contains(s, "Hello from Docker!") {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}