diff --git a/internal/mempool/v1/reactor.go b/internal/mempool/v1/reactor.go
index 2a6252b9c..e1ceb86be 100644
--- a/internal/mempool/v1/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/mempool/v1/reactor.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func (r *Reactor) broadcastTxRoutine(peerID types.NodeID, closer *tmsync.Closer)
 			r.observePanic(e)
 			r.Logger.Error(
 				"recovering from broadcasting mempool loop",
-				"err", r,
+				"err", e,
 				"stack", string(debug.Stack()),
 			)
 		}