diff --git a/src/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector/EventLogDataCollector.cs b/src/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector/EventLogDataCollector.cs
index 505d72f732..fdad5edbbb 100644
--- a/src/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector/EventLogDataCollector.cs
+++ b/src/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector/EventLogDataCollector.cs
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ private void ConfigureEventLogNames(CollectorNameValueConfigurationManager colle
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
                     this.logger.LogError(
-                        null,
+                        this.dataCollectorContext,
                         new EventLogCollectorException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, Resource.ReadError, eventLogName, Environment.MachineName), ex));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector.UnitTests/EventLogDataCollectorTests.cs b/test/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector.UnitTests/EventLogDataCollectorTests.cs
index 9129857986..d541a0d6d3 100644
--- a/test/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector.UnitTests/EventLogDataCollectorTests.cs
+++ b/test/DataCollectors/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.EventLogCollector.UnitTests/EventLogDataCollectorTests.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ public EventLogDataCollectorTests()
             this.eventLogDataCollector = new EventLogDataCollector(this.mockFileHelper.Object);
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void EventLoggerLogsErrorForInvalidEventSources()
+        {
+            string configurationString =
+            @"<Configuration><Setting name=""EventLogs"" value=""MyEventName"" /></Configuration>";
+            XmlDocument expectedXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
+            expectedXmlDoc.LoadXml(configurationString);
+            var mockCollector = new Mock<DataCollectionLogger>();
+            mockCollector.Setup(m => m.LogError(It.IsAny<DataCollectionContext>(), It.Is<string>(s => s.Contains(@"The event log 'MyEventName' on computer '.' does not exist.")), It.IsAny<Exception>()));
+
+            var eventLogDataCollector = new EventLogDataCollector();
+            eventLogDataCollector.Initialize(expectedXmlDoc.DocumentElement, this.mockDataCollectionEvents.Object, this.mockDataCollectionSink, mockCollector.Object, this.dataCollectionEnvironmentContext);
+
+            mockCollector.Verify(m => m.LogError(It.IsAny<DataCollectionContext>(), It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<Exception>()), Times.Once);
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void InitializeShouldThrowExceptionIfEventsIsNull()
         {