diff --git a/swift/common/wsgi.py b/swift/common/wsgi.py
index 5bbe604b5c..fe250d5354 100644
--- a/swift/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/swift/common/wsgi.py
@@ -432,8 +432,13 @@ class SwiftHttpProtocol(wsgi.HttpProtocol):
         """
         Redirect logging other messages by the underlying WSGI software.
         """
-        logger = getattr(self.server.app, 'logger', None) or self.server.log
-        logger.error('ERROR WSGI: ' + f, *a)
+        logger = getattr(self.server.app, 'logger', None)
+        if logger:
+            logger.error('ERROR WSGI: ' + f, *a)
+        else:
+            # eventlet<=0.17.4 doesn't have an error method, and in newer
+            # versions the output from error is same as info anyway
+            self.server.log.info('ERROR WSGI: ' + f, *a)
 
 
 class SwiftHttpProxiedProtocol(SwiftHttpProtocol):
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_wsgi.py b/test/unit/common/test_wsgi.py
index 6c9d485942..5c6b91c0cb 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_wsgi.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_wsgi.py
@@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ class TestSwiftHttpProtocol(unittest.TestCase):
         delattr(proto_obj.server.app, 'logger')
 
         proto_obj.log_message('a%sc', 'b')
-        self.assertEqual([mock.call.error('ERROR WSGI: a%sc', 'b')],
+        self.assertEqual([mock.call.info('ERROR WSGI: a%sc', 'b')],
                          proto_obj.server.log.mock_calls)
 
         proto_obj.server.log.reset_mock()
         proto_obj.server.app.logger = None
 
         proto_obj.log_message('a%sc', 'b')
-        self.assertEqual([mock.call.error('ERROR WSGI: a%sc', 'b')],
+        self.assertEqual([mock.call.info('ERROR WSGI: a%sc', 'b')],
                          proto_obj.server.log.mock_calls)
 
     def test_swift_http_protocol_parse_request_no_proxy(self):