diff --git a/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java b/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java
index bbf97b7..5bab4fd 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java
+++ b/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         } catch (SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException |
                 UnsupportedOperationException | IllegalArgumentException |
                 TransformerException e) {
-            log.error("Exception thrown translating {} from {}.", message, deviceId);
+            log.error("Exception thrown translating message from {}.", deviceId, e);
             return ImmutableSet.of();
         }
     }