diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BuildNumber.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BuildNumber.java
index 2c4b2beec..d4e9c2dad 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BuildNumber.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/BuildNumber.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class BuildNumber
                 try {
                     output.close();
                 } catch (final IOException ioe) {
-                    getProject().log("error closing output stream " + ioe, Project.MSG_ERR);
+                    log("error closing output stream " + ioe, Project.MSG_ERR);
                 }
             }
             myFile = savedFile;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class BuildNumber
                 try {
                     input.close();
                 } catch (final IOException ioe) {
-                    getProject().log("error closing input stream " + ioe, Project.MSG_ERR);
+                    log("error closing input stream " + ioe, Project.MSG_ERR);
                 }
             }
         }