diff --git a/lib/private/Log.php b/lib/private/Log.php
index af0ca140cb9d0da9fa987060932246cbe3071162..5ba19698612df1262fa627738340e2249c9bf246 100644
--- a/lib/private/Log.php
+++ b/lib/private/Log.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class Log implements ILogger {
 		$logClass = 'OC\\Log\\' . ucfirst($logType);
 
 		if (!class_exists($logClass)) {
-			$logClass = 'OC\\Log\\File';
+			$logClass = \OC\Log\File::class;
 		}
 
 		return $logClass;
diff --git a/tests/lib/LoggerTest.php b/tests/lib/LoggerTest.php
index abb9deebd556962ab8487a32e2882ff1726ed60e..8bae8d182283d7257ae9b5cb80d798568253ab8f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/LoggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/LoggerTest.php
@@ -138,4 +138,20 @@ class LoggerTest extends TestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public function dataGetLogClass() {
+		return [
+			['owncloud', \OC\Log\File::class],
+			['nextcloud', \OC\Log\File::class],
+			['file', \OC\Log\File::class],
+			['errorlog', \OC\Log\Errorlog::class],
+			['syslog', \OC\Log\Syslog::class],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataGetLogClass
+	 */
+	public function testGetLogClass($type, $class) {
+		$this->assertEquals($class, Log::getLogClass($type));
+	}
 }