diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
index 62db40e23caf..1c9fc2522243 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ private synchronized void connectToDatanode(DatanodeDetails dn,
 
     // Add credential context to the client call
     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-      LOG.debug("Nodes in pipeline : {}", pipeline.getNodes().toString());
+      LOG.debug("Nodes in pipeline : {}", pipeline.getNodes());
       LOG.debug("Connecting to server : {}", dn.getIpAddress());
     }
     NettyChannelBuilder channelBuilder =