diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 9c38724d63d30f1d218a09934a3e2974a432de66..a39699ba79de2e83422ade52a5721dc00e722f1b 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -827,7 +827,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_is_connected(struct connectdata *conn,
     }
 
     failf(data, "Failed to connect to %s port %ld: %s",
-          conn->host.name, conn->port, Curl_strerror(conn, error));
+          conn->bits.proxy?conn->proxy.name:conn->host.name,
+          conn->port, Curl_strerror(conn, error));
   }
 
   return code;