diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArguments.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArguments.java
index a541e4d3..0c3eb1fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArguments.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArguments.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public J.MethodInvocation visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation m, ExecutionC
                                 J.MethodInvocation toStringInvocation = (J.MethodInvocation) arg;
                                 if (TO_STRING_MATCHER.matches(toStringInvocation.getMethodType()) &&
                                     toStringInvocation.getSelect() != null &&
-                                    !(firstFormatArgIndex == lastArgIndex && TypeUtils.isAssignableTo("java.lang.Throwable", toStringInvocation.getSelect().getType()))) {
+                                    !(index == lastArgIndex && TypeUtils.isAssignableTo("java.lang.Throwable", toStringInvocation.getSelect().getType()))) {
                                     // Strip the `.toString()` call
                                     return toStringInvocation.getSelect().withPrefix(toStringInvocation.getPrefix());
                                 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArgumentsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArgumentsTest.java
index 59fd43ca..0fd96e9a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArgumentsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/logging/slf4j/StripToStringFromArgumentsTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ record TestCase(String originalArgs, String expectedArgs) {
                         ", exception, o1"),
                 new TestCase(
                         ", o1, exception.toString()",
-                        ", o1, exception")
+                        ", o1, exception.toString()")
         );
 
         return Stream.of("trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error")