diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/impl/ClientSessionFactoryImpl.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/impl/ClientSessionFactoryImpl.java
index 0e04387026..9d9d593989 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/impl/ClientSessionFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/impl/ClientSessionFactoryImpl.java
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ public class ClientSessionFactoryImpl implements ClientSessionFactoryInternal, C
       schedulePing();
 
       if (ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
-         ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.trace("returning " + connection);
+         ActiveMQClientLogger.LOGGER.trace("returning " + newConnection);
       }
 
       return newConnection;