diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/TaskManager.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/TaskManager.java
index d74e10c98556f..5b9ebadb5da3b 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/TaskManager.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/TaskManager.java
@@ -426,14 +426,11 @@ boolean tryToCompleteRestoration(final long now) {
             try {
                 task.initializeIfNeeded();
                 task.clearTaskTimeout();
-            } catch (final LockException retriableException) {
+            } catch (final LockException lockException) {
                 // it is possible that if there are multiple threads within the instance that one thread
                 // trying to grab the task from the other, while the other has not released the lock since
                 // it did not participate in the rebalance. In this case we can just retry in the next iteration
-                log.debug(
-                    String.format("Could not initialize %s due to the following exception; will retry", task.id()),
-                    retriableException
-                );
+                log.debug("Could not initialize task {} since: {}; will retry", task.id(), lockException.getMessage());
                 allRunning = false;
             } catch (final TimeoutException timeoutException) {
                 task.maybeInitTaskTimeoutOrThrow(now, timeoutException);