diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/RDBCheckpointUtils.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/RDBCheckpointUtils.java
index c47b176e93b5..015cd10b8b97 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/RDBCheckpointUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/RDBCheckpointUtils.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public static boolean waitForCheckpointDirectoryExist(File file,
     final boolean success = RatisHelper.attemptUntilTrue(file::exists, POLL_INTERVAL_DURATION, maxWaitTimeout);
     if (!success) {
       LOG.info("Checkpoint directory: {} didn't get created in {} secs.",
-          maxWaitTimeout.getSeconds(), file.getAbsolutePath());
+          file.getAbsolutePath(), maxWaitTimeout.getSeconds());
     }
     return success;
   }