diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
index c291b395d94b6..45cea81908448 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ bool ResourceParser::ParseResource(xml::XmlPullParser* parser,
 
   // If the resource type was not recognized, write the error and return false.
   diag_->Error(DiagMessage(out_resource->source)
-              << "unknown resource type '" << parser->element_name() << "'");
+              << "unknown resource type '" << resource_type << "'");
   return false;
 }