--- a/chat/protocols/irc/irc.js
+++ b/chat/protocols/irc/irc.js
@@ -616,17 +616,17 @@ ircSocket.prototype = {
       // If nothing handled the message, throw a warning.
     if (!ircHandlers.handleMessage(this._account,
                                    new ircMessage(aRawMessage, this._account)))
       this.WARN("Unhandled IRC message: " + aRawMessage);
     } catch (e) {
       // Catch the error, display it and hope the connection can continue with
       // this message in error. Errors are also caught inside of handleMessage,
       // but we expect to handle message parsing errors here.
-      ERROR(e);
+      this.ERROR(e);
     }
   },
   onConnection: function() {
     this._account._connectionRegistration.call(this._account);
   },
 
   // Throw errors if the socket has issues.
   onConnectionClosed: function () {