diff --git a/glance/notifier/notify_kombu.py b/glance/notifier/notify_kombu.py
index bcdabc543d..6a56fbae19 100644
--- a/glance/notifier/notify_kombu.py
+++ b/glance/notifier/notify_kombu.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def log_failure(self, msg, priority):
 
     def _send_message(self, msg, routing_key):
         """Send a message.  Caller needs to catch exceptions for retry."""
-        msg = self.exchange.Message(json.dumps(message))
+        msg = self.exchange.Message(json.dumps(msg))
         self.exchange.publish(msg, routing_key=routing_key)
 
     def _notify(self, msg, priority):