diff --git a/modules/mappers/mod_so.c b/modules/mappers/mod_so.c
index 90b9df62bf..ec0d1887c0 100644
--- a/modules/mappers/mod_so.c
+++ b/modules/mappers/mod_so.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static const char *load_module(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
 
         return ap_pstrcat(cmd->pool, "Cannot load ", szModuleFile,
 			  " into server: ",
-			  ap_strerror(status, my_error, sizeof(my_error)),
+			  ap_dso_error(modhandle, my_error, sizeof(my_error)),
 			  NULL);
     }
     ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG|APLOG_NOERRNO, 0, NULL,