diff --git a/src/bind_faction.c b/src/bind_faction.c
index cfe57ebb4..697a164d9 100644
--- a/src/bind_faction.c
+++ b/src/bind_faction.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int tolua_faction_create(lua_State * L)
         f = addfaction(email, NULL, frace, loc, 0);
     }
     if (!f) {
-        log_error("faction.create(%s, %s, %s)\n", email, frace->_name, locale_name(loc));
+        log_error("faction.create(%s, %s, %s)\n", email, racename, locale_name(loc));
     }
     tolua_pushusertype(L, f, TOLUA_CAST "faction");
     return 1;