diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/okhttp-3/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/okhttp3/OkHttpClientSpanDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/okhttp-3/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/okhttp3/OkHttpClientSpanDecorator.java
index 7e3ba79f76..6feb472cf9 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/okhttp-3/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/okhttp3/OkHttpClientSpanDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/okhttp-3/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/okhttp3/OkHttpClientSpanDecorator.java
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ import io.opentracing.Span;
 import io.opentracing.tag.Tags;
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import okhttp3.Connection;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.Response;
 
+import static io.opentracing.log.Fields.ERROR_OBJECT;
+
 /**
  * Span decorator to add tags, logs and operation name.
  *
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ public interface OkHttpClientSpanDecorator {
         @Override
         public void onError(final Throwable throwable, final Span span) {
           Tags.ERROR.set(span, Boolean.TRUE);
-          span.log(errorLogs(throwable));
+          span.log(Collections.singletonMap(ERROR_OBJECT, throwable));
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -81,13 +84,5 @@ public interface OkHttpClientSpanDecorator {
             Tags.PEER_HOST_IPV6.set(span, connection.socket().getInetAddress().toString());
           }
         }
-
-        protected Map<String, Object> errorLogs(final Throwable throwable) {
-          final Map<String, Object> errorLogs = new HashMap<>(2);
-          errorLogs.put("event", Tags.ERROR.getKey());
-          errorLogs.put("error.object", throwable);
-
-          return errorLogs;
-        }
       };
 }