diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index d518bd317f..6c5f4cd7af 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ function common_debug($msg, $filename=NULL) {
 function common_log_db_error(&$object, $verb, $filename=NULL) {
 	$objstr = common_log_objstring($object);
 	$last_error = &PEAR::getStaticProperty('DB_DataObject','lastError');
-	common_log(LOG_ERROR, $last_error->message . '(' . $verb . ' on ' . $objstr . ')', $filename);
+	common_log(LOG_ERR, $last_error->message . '(' . $verb . ' on ' . $objstr . ')', $filename);
 }
 
 function common_log_objstring(&$object) {