diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/palmdoc/writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/palmdoc/writer.py
index 2a46308db8..8ca83a8270 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/palmdoc/writer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/palmdoc/writer.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Writer(FormatWriter):
         writer = TXTMLizer(log)
         txt = writer.extract_content(oeb_book, opts)
 
-        log.debug('\tReplacing newlines with selected type...')
+        self.log.debug('\tReplacing newlines with selected type...')
         txt = specified_newlines(TxtNewlines(opts.newline).newline, txt).encode(self.opts.output_encoding, 'replace')
 
         txt_length = len(txt)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/writer.py
index 22f7bf002c..19824fce91 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/writer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/writer.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Writer(FormatWriter):
         writer = TXTMLizer(log)
         txt = writer.extract_content(oeb_book, opts)
 
-        log.debug('\tReplacing newlines with selected type...')
+        self.log.debug('\tReplacing newlines with selected type...')
         txt = specified_newlines(TxtNewlines(opts.newline).newline, txt).encode(self.opts.output_encoding, 'replace')
 
         txt_length = len(txt)