diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go
index cb353219a06..19e8f3eea8f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni/cni.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func getDefaultCNINetwork(confDir string, binDirs []string) (*cniNetwork, error)
 			}
 		}
 		if len(confList.Plugins) == 0 {
-			klog.Warningf("CNI config list %s has no networks, skipping", confFile)
+			klog.Warningf("CNI config list %s has no networks, skipping", string(confList.Bytes))
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func getDefaultCNINetwork(confDir string, binDirs []string) (*cniNetwork, error)
 		// all plugins of this config exist on disk
 		caps, err := cniConfig.ValidateNetworkList(context.TODO(), confList)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Warningf("Error validating CNI config %v: %v", confList, err)
+			klog.Warningf("Error validating CNI config list %s: %v", string(confList.Bytes), err)
 			continue
 		}