diff --git a/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py b/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py
index 3c573afe2b1ec3e5d73d8b035fab2a83767f4baa..17a7b119ff0c195cbaed0775188f5c566d35f362 100644
--- a/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py
+++ b/bilby/core/sampler/base_sampler.py
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class Sampler(object):
             logger.info("Unable to measure single likelihood time")
         else:
             logger.info(
-                f"Single likelihood evaluation took {self._log_likelihood_eval_time:.3e} s"
+                f"Single likelihood evaluation took {log_likelihood_eval_time:.3e} s"
             )
         return log_likelihood_eval_time