diff --git a/src/backend/commands/alter.c b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
index f6287542b3..73138f940a 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/alter.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ AlterObjectOwner_internal(Relation rel, Oid objectId, Oid new_ownerId)
 				aclresult = pg_namespace_aclcheck(namespaceId, new_ownerId,
 												  ACL_CREATE);
 				if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
-					aclcheck_error(aclresult, aclkind,
+					aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_NAMESPACE,
 								   get_namespace_name(namespaceId));
 			}
 		}