diff --git a/bin/pt-agent b/bin/pt-agent
index bf1bf62f..503592fc 100755
--- a/bin/pt-agent
+++ b/bin/pt-agent
@@ -4858,7 +4858,7 @@ sub BUILD {
             while (    $self->_message_queue
                     && $self->_message_queue->pending()
                     && $max_log_entries--
-                    && (my $entry = $self->message_queue->dequeue()) )
+                    && (my $entry = $self->_message_queue->dequeue()) )
             {
                $oktorun = 0 if !defined $entry;
                push @log_entries, Percona::WebAPI::Resource::LogEntry->new(
diff --git a/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm b/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm
index ff4eae48..c5d8720d 100644
--- a/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm
+++ b/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sub BUILD {
             while (    $self->_message_queue
                     && $self->_message_queue->pending()
                     && $max_log_entries--
-                    && (my $entry = $self->message_queue->dequeue()) )
+                    && (my $entry = $self->_message_queue->dequeue()) )
             {
                $oktorun = 0 if !defined $entry;
                # $event = [ level, "message" ]