diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/AbstractWALRoller.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/AbstractWALRoller.java
index b7a71c70196b..672b41e26057 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/AbstractWALRoller.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/AbstractWALRoller.java
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ public void run() {
               if (waitingTime < rollWaitTimeout && nAttempts < maxRollRetry) {
                 nAttempts++;
                 LOG.warn("Retry to roll log, nAttempts={}, waiting time={}ms, sleeping 1s to retry,"
-                    + " last excepiton= {}", nAttempts, waitingTime,
-                  ioe.getCause().getClass().getSimpleName());
+                    + " last exception", nAttempts, waitingTime, ioe);
                 sleep(1000);
               } else {
                 LOG.error("Roll wal failed and waiting timeout, will not retry", ioe);