diff --git a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCaseJ4.java b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCaseJ4.java
index bdfd4e78728..05d9047928d 100755
--- a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCaseJ4.java
+++ b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/SolrTestCaseJ4.java
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public abstract class SolrTestCaseJ4 extends LuceneTestCase {
     } catch (XPathExpressionException e1) {
       throw new RuntimeException("XPath is invalid", e1);
     } catch (Exception e2) {
-      log.error("REQUEST FAILED: " + req.getParamString());
+      SolrException.log(log,"REQUEST FAILED: " + req.getParamString(), e2);
       throw new RuntimeException("Exception during query", e2);
     }
   }