diff --git a/rollout/sync.go b/rollout/sync.go
index 13d3f7fff6..9a6d4c0ad8 100644
--- a/rollout/sync.go
+++ b/rollout/sync.go
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) scaleReplicaSet(rs *appsv1.ReplicaSet, newScale int32,
 
 		rs, err = c.kubeclientset.AppsV1().ReplicaSets(rsCopy.Namespace).Update(ctx, rsCopy, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			return scaled, rs, fmt.Errorf("error updating replicaset %s: %w", rs.Name, err)
+			return scaled, rs, fmt.Errorf("error updating replicaset %s: %w", rsCopy.Name, err)
 		}
 		err = c.replicaSetInformer.GetIndexer().Update(rs)
 		if err != nil {