diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/LdapGroupsMapping.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/LdapGroupsMapping.java
index 17934add81413..4eb3d865ec78e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/LdapGroupsMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/LdapGroupsMapping.java
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ String getPasswordFromCredentialProviders(
         password = new String(passchars);
       }
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
-      LOG.warn("Exception while trying to get password for alias {}: {}",
+      LOG.warn("Exception while trying to get password for alias {}: ",
           alias, ioe);
     }
     return password;