diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/memory.py b/fsspec/implementations/memory.py
index 4022ff13a..7320df2c3 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/memory.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/memory.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
 
-logger = logging.Logger("fsspec.memoryfs")
+logger = logging.getLogger("fsspec.memoryfs")
 
 
 class MemoryFileSystem(AbstractFileSystem):