diff --git a/sentry-hdfs/sentry-hdfs-namenode-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/sentry/hdfs/SentryUpdater.java b/sentry-hdfs/sentry-hdfs-namenode-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/sentry/hdfs/SentryUpdater.java
index 422554e51..60ab79a15 100644
--- a/sentry-hdfs/sentry-hdfs-namenode-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/sentry/hdfs/SentryUpdater.java
+++ b/sentry-hdfs/sentry-hdfs-namenode-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/sentry/hdfs/SentryUpdater.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public SentryAuthzUpdate getUpdates() {
       try {
         sentryClient = SentryHDFSServiceClientFactory.create(conf);
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        LOG.error("Error connecting to Sentry ['{}'] !!",
+        LOG.error("Error connecting to Sentry !!",
             e.getMessage());
         sentryClient = null;
         return null;