diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java
index 2903cb6966..40979330a6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class CascadingActions {
 				Object anything,
 				boolean isCascadeDeleteEnabled)
 				throws HibernateException {
-			LOG.tracev( "Cascading to persist: {0}" + entityName );
+			LOG.tracev( "Cascading to persist: {0}", entityName );
 			session.persist( entityName, child, (Map) anything );
 		}