diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go
index 9239eac1a37..ac42716929f 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func ProbeRecyclableVolumePlugins(flags VolumeConfigFlags) []volume.VolumePlugin
 		RecyclerPodTemplate:      volume.NewPersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplate(),
 	}
 	if err := attemptToLoadRecycler(flags.PersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplateFilePathHostPath, &hostPathConfig); err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Could not create hostpath recycler pod from file %s: %+v", err)
+		glog.Fatalf("Could not create hostpath recycler pod from file %s: %+v", flags.PersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplateFilePathHostPath, err)
 	}
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, host_path.ProbeVolumePlugins(hostPathConfig)...)
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func ProbeRecyclableVolumePlugins(flags VolumeConfigFlags) []volume.VolumePlugin
 		RecyclerPodTemplate:      volume.NewPersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplate(),
 	}
 	if err := attemptToLoadRecycler(flags.PersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplateFilePathNFS, &nfsConfig); err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Could not create NFS recycler pod from file %s: %+v", err)
+		glog.Fatalf("Could not create NFS recycler pod from file %s: %+v", flags.PersistentVolumeRecyclerPodTemplateFilePathNFS, err)
 	}
 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, nfs.ProbeVolumePlugins(nfsConfig)...)