diff --git a/modules/base/pymod/export_logger.cc b/modules/base/pymod/export_logger.cc
index b385742e744fea3f056ec84db24317ac1038d748..deefb408cc5fe33e755cff1f08be05c30a206984 100644
--- a/modules/base/pymod/export_logger.cc
+++ b/modules/base/pymod/export_logger.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void pop_verb()
   Logger::Instance().PopVerbosityLevel();
 }
 
-void log_error(const String& m) {LOGN_MESSAGE(m);}
+void log_error(const String& m) {LOGN_ERROR(m);}
 void log_message(const String& m) {LOGN_MESSAGE(m);}
 void log_verbose(const String& m) {LOGN_VERBOSE(m);}
 void log_debug(const String& m) {LOGN_DEBUG(m);}