diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java
index 85f58ba3708..0ad3613af2f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class CallRunner {
       if (RpcServer.LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
         Optional<User> remoteUser = call.getRequestUser();
         RpcServer.LOG.trace(call.toShortString() + " executing as " +
-            (remoteUser.isPresent() ? "NULL principal" : remoteUser.get().getName()));
+            (remoteUser.isPresent() ? remoteUser.get().getName() : "NULL principal"));
       }
       Throwable errorThrowable = null;
       String error = null;