diff --git a/pubsub/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/batch/thread.py b/pubsub/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/batch/thread.py
index df7d23ffe7d8..8ffe1b626515 100644
--- a/pubsub/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/batch/thread.py
+++ b/pubsub/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/batch/thread.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 from google.cloud.pubsub_v1.publisher.batch import base
 
 
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class Batch(base.Batch):
     """A batch of messages.
 
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ def _commit(self):
                 self.messages,
             )
             end = time.time()
-            logging.getLogger().debug('gRPC Publish took {s} seconds.'.format(
+            _LOGGER.debug('gRPC Publish took {s} seconds.'.format(
                 s=end - start,
             ))