diff --git a/server/stream.go b/server/stream.go
index d8f3f6e4f0e..f83ef6d8c5a 100644
--- a/server/stream.go
+++ b/server/stream.go
@@ -4402,10 +4402,11 @@ func (mset *stream) queueInbound(ib *ipQueue[*inMsg], subj, rply string, hdr, ms
 	im.subj, im.rply, im.hdr, im.msg, im.si, im.mt = subj, rply, hdr, msg, si, mt
 	if _, err := ib.push(im); err != nil {
 		im.returnToPool()
-		mset.srv.RateLimitWarnf("Dropping messages due to excessive stream ingest rate on '%s' > '%s': %s", mset.acc.Name, mset.name(), err)
+		streamName := mset.cfg.Name
+		mset.srv.RateLimitWarnf("Dropping messages due to excessive stream ingest rate on '%s' > '%s': %s", mset.acc.Name, streamName, err)
 		if rply != _EMPTY_ {
 			hdr := []byte("NATS/1.0 429 Too Many Requests\r\n\r\n")
-			b, _ := json.Marshal(&JSPubAckResponse{PubAck: &PubAck{Stream: mset.cfg.Name}, Error: NewJSStreamTooManyRequestsError()})
+			b, _ := json.Marshal(&JSPubAckResponse{PubAck: &PubAck{Stream: streamName}, Error: NewJSStreamTooManyRequestsError()})
 			mset.outq.send(newJSPubMsg(rply, _EMPTY_, _EMPTY_, hdr, b, nil, 0))
 		}
 	}