diff --git a/lib/moodlelib.php b/lib/moodlelib.php
index abd25d9a3c1..e97f4f4b932 100644
--- a/lib/moodlelib.php
+++ b/lib/moodlelib.php
@@ -7487,8 +7487,8 @@ function notify_login_failures() {
                 "\n\n".get_string('notifyloginfailuresmessageend','',$CFG->wwwroot)."\n\n";
 
     /// For each destination, send mail
+        mtrace('Emailing admins about '. $count .' failed login attempts');
         foreach ($recip as $admin) {
-            mtrace('Emailing '. $admin->username .' about '. $count .' failed login attempts');
             email_to_user($admin,get_admin(), $subject, $body);
         }