diff --git a/changes/1316-kinesis-firehose-errors b/changes/1316-kinesis-firehose-errors
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebe17b1578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1316-kinesis-firehose-errors
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Fix printing of failed record count in AWS Kinesis/Firehose logging plugins.
diff --git a/server/logging/firehose.go b/server/logging/firehose.go
index 5a24dc254d..44f1413de9 100644
--- a/server/logging/firehose.go
+++ b/server/logging/firehose.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (f *firehoseLogWriter) putRecordBatch(try int, records []*firehose.Record)
 
 			return errors.Errorf(
 				"failed to put %d records, retries exhausted. First error: %s",
-				output.FailedPutCount, errMsg,
+				*output.FailedPutCount, errMsg,
 			)
 		}
 
diff --git a/server/logging/kinesis.go b/server/logging/kinesis.go
index cdf40330eb..092732f9c4 100644
--- a/server/logging/kinesis.go
+++ b/server/logging/kinesis.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (k *kinesisLogWriter) putRecords(try int, records []*kinesis.PutRecordsRequ
 
 			return errors.Errorf(
 				"failed to put %d records, retries exhausted. First error: %s",
-				output.FailedRecordCount, errMsg,
+				*output.FailedRecordCount, errMsg,
 			)
 		}