diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/PresentsConnection.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/PresentsConnection.java
index 9fa8a29a5..31818a106 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/PresentsConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/PresentsConnection.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class PresentsConnection extends Connection
             // don't log a warning for the ever-popular "the client dropped the connection" failure
             String msg = ioe.getMessage();
             if (msg == null || msg.indexOf("reset by peer") == -1) {
-                log.warning("Error reading message from socket", "channel", _channel, "error", ioe);
+                log.warning("Error reading message from socket", "channel", _channel, ioe);
             }
             // deal with the failure
             networkFailure(ioe);