diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Mist.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Mist.scala
index f144b69f29..6a7adbe2cf 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Mist.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Mist.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package akka.http
 
 import akka.actor.{ActorRegistry, ActorRef, Actor}
-import akka.actor.{EventHandler}
+import akka.actor.EventHandler
 
 import javax.servlet.http.{HttpServletResponse, HttpServletRequest}
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ trait RequestMethod {
           }
         } catch {
           case io: Exception =>
-            EventHandler notify EventHandler.Error(io, this)
+            EventHandler.error(io, this, io.getMessage)
             false
         }
     }
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ trait RequestMethod {
           }
         } catch {
           case io: IOException => 
-            EventHandler notify EventHandler.Error(io, this)
+            EventHandler.error(io, this, io.getMessage)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Servlet30Context.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Servlet30Context.scala
index 3bc6c9261b..6ce3d1041c 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Servlet30Context.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/Servlet30Context.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package akka.http
 import javax.servlet. {AsyncContext, AsyncListener, AsyncEvent};
 import Types._
 
-import akka.actor.{EventHandler}
+import akka.actor.EventHandler
 
 /**
  * @author Garrick Evans
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ trait Servlet30Context extends AsyncListener {
       true
     }
     catch {
-      case ex: IllegalStateException =>
-        EventHandler notify EventHandler.Error(ex, this)
+      case e: IllegalStateException =>
+        EventHandler.error(e, this, e.getMessage)
         false
     }
   }
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/security/Security.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/security/Security.scala
index 97b25e1b3e..9f16d54886 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/security/Security.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/security/Security.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 package akka.security
 
 import akka.actor.{Scheduler, Actor, ActorRef, ActorRegistry, IllegalActorStateException}
-import akka.actor.{EventHandler}
+import akka.actor.EventHandler
 import akka.actor.Actor._
 import akka.config.Config
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ trait SpnegoAuthenticationActor extends AuthenticationActor[SpnegoCredentials] {
         Some(UserInfo(user, null, rolesFor(user)))
       } catch {
         case e: PrivilegedActionException => {
-          EventHandler notify EventHandler.Error(e, this)
+          EventHandler.error(e, this, e.getMessage)
           None
         }
       }