diff --git a/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/libraries/actionlogplugin.php b/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/libraries/actionlogplugin.php
index 9aaa7cd2fba62..59e7bb66b978e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/libraries/actionlogplugin.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/libraries/actionlogplugin.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ abstract class ActionLogPlugin extends JPlugin
 	 */
 	protected function addLog($messages, $messageLanguageKey, $context, $userId = null)
 	{
-		$user = $this->app->getIdentity();
+		$user = JFactory::getUser();
 
 		foreach ($messages as $index => $message)
 		{