diff --git a/player/lua.c b/player/lua.c
index 5aae0a4b7f..a9aebf90ca 100644
--- a/player/lua.c
+++ b/player/lua.c
@@ -258,20 +258,11 @@ static void kill_script(struct script_ctx *ctx)
     talloc_free(ctx);
 }
 
-static const char *log_level[] = {
-    [MSGL_FATAL] = "fatal",
-    [MSGL_ERR] = "error",
-    [MSGL_WARN] = "warn",
-    [MSGL_INFO] = "info",
-    [MSGL_V] = "verbose",
-    [MSGL_DEBUG] = "debug",
-};
-
 static int check_loglevel(lua_State *L, int arg)
 {
     const char *level = luaL_checkstring(L, arg);
-    for (int n = 0; n < MP_ARRAY_SIZE(log_level); n++) {
-        if (log_level[n] && strcasecmp(log_level[n], level) == 0)
+    for (int n = 0; n < MSGL_MAX; n++) {
+        if (mp_log_levels[n] && strcasecmp(mp_log_levels[n], level) == 0)
             return n;
     }
     luaL_error(L, "Invalid log level '%s'", level);
diff --git a/player/lua/defaults.lua b/player/lua/defaults.lua
index d24cda9cbe..4b5e5e6126 100644
--- a/player/lua/defaults.lua
+++ b/player/lua/defaults.lua
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ mp.msg = {
     error = function(...) return mp.log("error", ...) end,
     warn = function(...) return mp.log("warn", ...) end,
     info = function(...) return mp.log("info", ...) end,
-    verbose = function(...) return mp.log("verbose", ...) end,
+    verbose = function(...) return mp.log("v", ...) end,
     debug = function(...) return mp.log("debug", ...) end,
 }