diff --git a/artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/ByteUtil.java b/artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/ByteUtil.java
index 81a329ed1f..59f5ce1346 100644
--- a/artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/ByteUtil.java
+++ b/artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/ByteUtil.java
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ public class ByteUtil {
    }
 
    public static String getHumanReadableByteCount(long bytes) {
+      if (bytes == 0) {
+         return "0B";
+      }
+
       int i = 0;
       while (i < BYTE_MAGNITUDES.length && BYTE_MAGNITUDES[i] > bytes) {
          i++;
diff --git a/artemis-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/HumanReadableByteCountTest.java b/artemis-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/HumanReadableByteCountTest.java
index d06fc47702..028714dd76 100644
--- a/artemis-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/HumanReadableByteCountTest.java
+++ b/artemis-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/HumanReadableByteCountTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class HumanReadableByteCountTest {
    public void test() {
       String[] suffixes = new String[] {"K", "M", "G", "T", "P", "E"};
 
+      assertEquals("0B", ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(0));
       assertEquals("999.0B", ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(999));
       assertEquals("500.0B", ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(500));
 
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/paging/impl/PagingManagerImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/paging/impl/PagingManagerImpl.java
index eea15f7bac..4f930b7f0f 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/paging/impl/PagingManagerImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/paging/impl/PagingManagerImpl.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public final class PagingManagerImpl implements PagingManager {
       public void tick(long usableSpace, long totalSpace) {
          diskUsableSpace = usableSpace;
          diskTotalSpace = totalSpace;
-         logger.tracef("Tick:: usable space at %f, total space at %f", ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(usableSpace), ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(totalSpace));
+         logger.tracef("Tick:: usable space at %s, total space at %s", ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(usableSpace), ByteUtil.getHumanReadableByteCount(totalSpace));
       }
 
       @Override