diff --git a/cmd/zed/zed.d/zed-functions.sh b/cmd/zed/zed.d/zed-functions.sh
index e6d3ce9ecc..70a7113c65 100644
--- a/cmd/zed/zed.d/zed-functions.sh
+++ b/cmd/zed/zed.d/zed-functions.sh
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ zed_log_msg()
 #
 zed_log_err()
 {
-    logger -p "${ZED_SYSLOG_PRIORITY}" -t "${ZED_SYSLOG_TAG}" -- "error:" \
-        "${0##*/}:""${ZEVENT_EID:+" eid=${ZEVENT_EID}:"}" "$@"
+    zed_log_msg "error: ${0##*/}:""${ZEVENT_EID:+" eid=${ZEVENT_EID}:"}" "$@"
 }