diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-derive/src/event.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-derive/src/event.rs
index e6c8594b0..f7876e65f 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-derive/src/event.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-derive/src/event.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fn derive_decode_from_log_impl(input: &DeriveInput, event: &Event) -> Result<Tok
             #signature_check
 
             if topics.len() != 1usize || !data.is_empty() {
-                return Err(::ethers_core::abi::Error::InvalidData);
+                return Err(#ethers_core::abi::Error::InvalidData);
             }
 
             #ethers_core::abi::Tokenizable::from_token(#ethers_core::abi::Token::Tuple(::std::vec::Vec::new())).map_err(|_|#ethers_core::abi::Error::InvalidData)