diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index f7da3e1f62..30fde9e9ec 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ doConnect(void)
 	if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
 	{
 		pg_log_error("connection to database \"%s\" failed: %s",
-					 dbName, PQerrorMessage(conn));
+					 PQdb(conn), PQerrorMessage(conn));
 		PQfinish(conn);
 		return NULL;
 	}