diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
index 23d27c72ac..ec2178f642 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ def modx_dispatch(request, dispatch, location, course_id):
     if instance is None:
         # Either permissions just changed, or someone is trying to be clever
         # and load something they shouldn't have access to.
-        log.debug("No module {0} for user {1}--access denied?".format(location, user))
+        log.debug("No module {0} for user {1}--access denied?".format(location, request.user))
         raise Http404
 
     instance_module = get_instance_module(course_id, request.user, instance, student_module_cache)