diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLog.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLog.java
index 3bb40891e06..59a4945f12c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLog.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEditLog.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public class TestEditLog {
           readFsImage.loadEdits(editStreams, namesystem, 100, null, null);
         } catch (Exception e){
           LOG.error("There appears to be an out-of-order edit in the edit log",
-                  e.getMessage());
+              e);
           fail("no exception should be thrown");
         } finally {
           if (readFsImage != null) {