diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Auth/LDAP.pm b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Auth/LDAP.pm
index 8d2f03fbcb2..179b5a2c588 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Auth/LDAP.pm
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Auth/LDAP.pm
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sub authenticate {
     if($mesg->code) {
         return (AUTH_ERROR, undef,
                 "connect_failed",
-                { errstr => $mesg->err });
+                { errstr => $mesg->error });
     }
 
     # We've got our anonymous bind;  let's look up this user.