diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Field/ContenttypesField.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Field/ContenttypesField.php
index 0ea812e0f735c..6c0765532abf2 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Field/ContenttypesField.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Field/ContenttypesField.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function getOptions()
 		}
 		catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 		{
-			Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($db->getMessage(), 'error');
+			Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($e->getMessage(), 'error');
 		}
 
 		// Translate.
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Finder.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Finder.php
index 711f52d4abc08..a0dc52d118bbd 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Finder.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Finder.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public function mapslist()
 		}
 		catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 		{
-			Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($db->getMessage(), 'error');
+			Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($e->getMessage(), 'error');
 		}
 
 		// Translate.
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Field/NewsfeedsField.php b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Field/NewsfeedsField.php
index 1f8391ba6b1ec..6aeda151088b0 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Field/NewsfeedsField.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Field/NewsfeedsField.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ protected function getOptions()
 		}
 		catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 		{
-			Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($db->getMessage(), 'error');
+			Factory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($e->getMessage(), 'error');
 		}
 
 		// Merge any additional options in the XML definition.