input: do not attempt to start a running collector
@@ -493,6 +493,10 @@ static int collector_start(struct flb_input_collector *coll,
struct mk_event *event;
struct mk_event_loop *evl;
+ if (coll->running == FLB_TRUE) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
event = &coll->event;
evl = config->evl;
