diff --git a/agent/gpg-agent.c b/agent/gpg-agent.c
index 2d8d9954e..bc5a6cd1b 100644
--- a/agent/gpg-agent.c
+++ b/agent/gpg-agent.c
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ handle_connections (gnupg_fd_t listen_fd, gnupg_fd_t listen_fd_ssh)
   ret = npth_attr_init(&tattr);
   if (ret)
     log_fatal ("error allocating thread attributes: %s\n",
-	       gpg_strerror (ret));
+	       strerror (ret));
   npth_attr_setdetachstate (&tattr, NPTH_CREATE_DETACHED);
 
 #ifndef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM