diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php
index c7864dc961..cd7c51bdad 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ EOF
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 // something nasty happened and we cannot throw an exception anymore
                 if ($this->debug) {
-                    $title = sprintf('Exception thrown when handling an exception (%s: %s)', get_class($exception), $exception->getMessage());
+                    $title = sprintf('Exception thrown when handling an exception (%s: %s)', get_class($e), $e->getMessage());
                 } else {
                     $title = 'Whoops, looks like something went wrong.';
                 }