diff --git a/bin/graceful_stop.sh b/bin/graceful_stop.sh
index 5eea06c5904..4cef513489b 100755
--- a/bin/graceful_stop.sh
+++ b/bin/graceful_stop.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fi
 
 # Restore balancer state
 if [ $HBASE_BALANCER_STATE != "false" ]; then
-  log "Restoring balancer state to " $HBASE_BALANCER_STATE
+  log "Restoring balancer state to $HBASE_BALANCER_STATE"
   echo "balance_switch $HBASE_BALANCER_STATE" | "$bin"/hbase --config ${HBASE_CONF_DIR} shell &> /dev/null
 fi