diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
index fe401e2..5994073 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
 
   // 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;
 }