diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/FSHLog.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/FSHLog.java
index ceced2f20c0..11ebfef8a73 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/FSHLog.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/FSHLog.java
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ public class FSHLog implements WAL {
             currentSequence = this.sequence;
             long syncFutureSequence = takeSyncFuture.getRingBufferSequence();
             if (syncFutureSequence > currentSequence) {
-              throw new IllegalStateException("currentSequence=" + syncFutureSequence +
+              throw new IllegalStateException("currentSequence=" + currentSequence +
                 ", syncFutureSequence=" + syncFutureSequence);
             }
             // See if we can process any syncfutures BEFORE we go sync.