diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index 269b2c2614..3e296db796 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ services:
     arguments: ['@entity_type.manager', '@entity_field.manager', '@keyvalue', '@cache.discovery']
   entity.module_install.subscriber:
     class: \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\ModuleInstallerEntitySubscriber
-    arguments: ['@kernel']
+    arguments: ['@kernel', '@logger.channel.default']
     tags:
       - { name: event_subscriber }
   entity.form_builder:
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ModuleInstallerEntitySubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ModuleInstallerEntitySubscriber.php
index cc7e4aceb5..a490b70743 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ModuleInstallerEntitySubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ModuleInstallerEntitySubscriber.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleEvent;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleEvents;
+use Drupal\Core\Utility\Error;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -21,14 +23,24 @@ class ModuleInstallerEntitySubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
    */
   protected $kernel;
 
+  /**
+   * The logger service.
+   *
+   * @var \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface
+   */
+  protected $logger;
+
   /**
    * Constructs a new instance.
    *
-   * @param \Drupal\Core\DrupalKernelInterface
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\DrupalKernelInterface $kernel
    *   The application kernel to retrieve the rebuilt service container from.
+   * @param \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
+   *   A logger instance.
    */
-  public function __construct(DrupalKernelInterface $kernel) {
+  public function __construct(DrupalKernelInterface $kernel, LoggerInterface $logger) {
     $this->kernel = $kernel;
+    $this->logger = $logger;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -38,6 +50,7 @@ public function __construct(DrupalKernelInterface $kernel) {
    * after module installation.
    *
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityDefinitionUpdateManagerInterface
+   *   The entity definition update manager.
    */
   protected function getEntityDefinitionUpdateManager() {
     return $this->kernel->getContainer()->get('entity.definition_update_manager');
@@ -50,6 +63,7 @@ protected function getEntityDefinitionUpdateManager() {
    * after module installation.
    *
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFieldManagerInterface
+   *   The entity definition update manager.
    */
   protected function getEntityFieldManager() {
     return $this->kernel->getContainer()->get('entity_field.manager');
@@ -62,6 +76,7 @@ protected function getEntityFieldManager() {
    * after module installation.
    *
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface
+   *   The entity type manager.
    */
   protected function getEntityTypeManager() {
     return $this->kernel->getContainer()->get('entity_type.manager');
@@ -95,8 +110,8 @@ public function onModuleInstall(ModuleEvent $event) {
             try {
               $this->getEntityDefinitionUpdateManager()->installFieldStorageDefinition($storage_definition->getName(), $entity_type->id(), $module, $storage_definition);
             }
-            catch (EntityStorageException $e) {
-              watchdog_exception('system', $e, 'An error occurred while notifying the creation of the @name field storage definition: "!message" in %function (line %line of %file).', ['@name' => $storage_definition->getName()]);
+            catch (EntityStorageException $exception) {
+              $this->logger->error('An error occurred while notifying the creation of the @name field storage definition: "!message" in %function (line %line of %file).', ['@name' => $storage_definition->getName()] + Error::decodeException($exception));
             }
           }
         }