diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
index f15bfd20b0..7d92ac4e09 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ class MarkerLoggingAdapter(
    * @see [[LoggingAdapter]]
    */
   def warning(marker: LogMarker, message: String): Unit =
-    if (isErrorEnabled) bus.publish(Error(logSource, logClass, message, mdc, marker))
+    if (isWarningEnabled) bus.publish(Warning(logSource, logClass, message, mdc, marker))
 
   /**
    * Message template with 1 replacement argument.