diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
index ef9581c47b..8ffc889f1d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ public abstract class InternalLoggerFactory {
             f.newInstance(name).debug("Using SLF4J as the default logging framework");
         } catch (Throwable ignore1) {
             try {
-                f = Log4JLoggerFactory.INSTANCE;
-                f.newInstance(name).debug("Using Log4J as the default logging framework");
+                f = Log4J2LoggerFactory.INSTANCE;
+                f.newInstance(name).debug("Using Log4J2 as the default logging framework");
             } catch (Throwable ignore2) {
                 try {
-                    f = Log4J2LoggerFactory.INSTANCE;
-                    f.newInstance(name).debug("Using Log4J2 as the default logging framework");
+                    f = Log4JLoggerFactory.INSTANCE;
+                    f.newInstance(name).debug("Using Log4J as the default logging framework");
                 } catch (Throwable ignore3) {
                     f = JdkLoggerFactory.INSTANCE;
                     f.newInstance(name).debug("Using java.util.logging as the default logging framework");