diff --git a/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp b/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp
index ff6b6d58f10..d15701021e1 100644
--- a/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsdbsourceselect.cpp
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ bool QgsDbSourceSelect::getGeometryColumnInfo(PGconn *pg,
     PGresult* gresult = PQexec(pg, (const char*) query);
     if (PQresultStatus(gresult) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
     {
-      qDebug(tr("Access to relation ") + table + tr(" using sql;\n") + sql +
+      qDebug(tr("Access to relation ") + table + tr(" using sql;\n") + query +
        tr("\nhas failed. The database said:\n") +
        QString( PQresultErrorMessage(gresult)) );
     }