diff --git a/R/data.table.R b/R/data.table.R
index e293e91ee..0dd0b7f5f 100644
--- a/R/data.table.R
+++ b/R/data.table.R
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ replace_dot_alias = function(e) {
       stopf("Object '%s' not found amongst %s", used, brackify(ref))
     }
   } else {
-    stopf("%s", err$message)
+    stopf("%s", err$message, domain=NA)
   }
 }