diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/URLConnectionFactory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/URLConnectionFactory.java
index 975f72e8f61..96095db8114 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/URLConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/URLConnectionFactory.java
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public class URLConnectionFactory {
       return openConnection(url, false);
     } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
       // Unreachable
+      LOG.error("Open connection {} failed", url, e);
       return null;
     }
   }