diff --git a/shared-bindings/math/__init__.c b/shared-bindings/math/__init__.c
index 58405564db..42a32749da 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/math/__init__.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/math/__init__.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mp_math_log(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
             #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
         } else if (base == (mp_float_t)1.0) {
             #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-            mp_raise_msg(&mp_type_ZeroDivisionError, translate("division by zero"));
+            math_error();
         }
         return mp_obj_new_float(l / MICROPY_FLOAT_C_FUN(log)(base));
     }