diff --git a/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ReferenceConfig.java b/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ReferenceConfig.java
index 761fc3224e..f3284c16c6 100644
--- a/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ReferenceConfig.java
+++ b/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ReferenceConfig.java
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public class ReferenceConfig<T> extends ReferenceConfigBase<T> {
 
         if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
             logger.info("Referred dubbo service: [" + referenceParameters.get(INTERFACE_KEY) + "]." +
-                    (Boolean.parseBoolean(referenceParameters.get(GENERIC_KEY)) ?
+                    (ProtocolUtils.isGeneric(referenceParameters.get(GENERIC_KEY)) ?
                             " it's GenericService reference" : " it's not GenericService reference"));
         }