diff --git a/kong/pdk/log.lua b/kong/pdk/log.lua
index a0914e525421..e1cf4892cd8d 100644
--- a/kong/pdk/log.lua
+++ b/kong/pdk/log.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 -- @module kong.log
 
 
+local buffer = require "string.buffer"
 local errlog = require "ngx.errlog"
 local ngx_re = require "ngx.re"
 local inspect = require "inspect"
@@ -137,34 +138,34 @@ end
 
 
 local serializers = {
-  [1] = function(buf, to_string, ...)
-    buf[1] = to_string((select(1, ...)))
+  [1] = function(buf, sep, to_string, ...)
+    buf:put(to_string((select(1, ...))))
   end,
 
-  [2] = function(buf, to_string, ...)
-    buf[1] = to_string((select(1, ...)))
-    buf[2] = to_string((select(2, ...)))
+  [2] = function(buf, sep, to_string, ...)
+    buf:put(to_string((select(1, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(2, ...))))
   end,
 
-  [3] = function(buf, to_string, ...)
-    buf[1] = to_string((select(1, ...)))
-    buf[2] = to_string((select(2, ...)))
-    buf[3] = to_string((select(3, ...)))
+  [3] = function(buf, sep, to_string, ...)
+    buf:put(to_string((select(1, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(2, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(3, ...))))
   end,
 
-  [4] = function(buf, to_string, ...)
-    buf[1] = to_string((select(1, ...)))
-    buf[2] = to_string((select(2, ...)))
-    buf[3] = to_string((select(3, ...)))
-    buf[4] = to_string((select(4, ...)))
+  [4] = function(buf, sep, to_string, ...)
+    buf:put(to_string((select(1, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(2, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(3, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(4, ...))))
   end,
 
-  [5] = function(buf, to_string, ...)
-    buf[1] = to_string((select(1, ...)))
-    buf[2] = to_string((select(2, ...)))
-    buf[3] = to_string((select(3, ...)))
-    buf[4] = to_string((select(4, ...)))
-    buf[5] = to_string((select(5, ...)))
+  [5] = function(buf, sep, to_string, ...)
+    buf:put(to_string((select(1, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(2, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(3, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(4, ...)))):put(sep)
+       :put(to_string((select(5, ...))))
   end,
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ local function gen_log_func(lvl_const, imm_buf, to_string, stack_level, sep)
   to_string = to_string or tostring
   stack_level = stack_level or 2
 
-  local variadic_buf = {}
+  local variadic_buf = buffer.new()
 
   return function(...)
     local sys_log_level = nil
@@ -320,15 +321,16 @@ local function gen_log_func(lvl_const, imm_buf, to_string, stack_level, sep)
     end
 
     if serializers[n] then
-      serializers[n](variadic_buf, to_string, ...)
+      serializers[n](variadic_buf, sep or "" , to_string, ...)
 
     else
-      for i = 1, n do
-        variadic_buf[i] = to_string((select(i, ...)))
+      for i = 1, n - 1 do
+        variadic_buf:put(to_string((select(i, ...)))):put(sep or "")
       end
+      variadic_buf:put(to_string((select(n, ...))))
     end
 
-    local msg = concat(variadic_buf, sep, 1, n)
+    local msg = variadic_buf:get()
 
     for i = 1, imm_buf.n_messages do
       imm_buf[imm_buf.message_idxs[i]] = msg