diff --git a/test/e2e/ubernetes_lite.go b/test/e2e/ubernetes_lite.go
index b4d88940190..92ba490f74d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/ubernetes_lite.go
+++ b/test/e2e/ubernetes_lite.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Multi-AZ Clusters", func() {
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		}
 		By(fmt.Sprintf("Checking for multi-zone cluster.  Zone count = %d", zoneCount))
-		framework.SkipUnlessAtLeast(zoneCount, 2, "Zone count is %d, only run for multi-zone clusters, skipping test")
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Zone count is %d, only run for multi-zone clusters, skipping test", zoneCount)
+		framework.SkipUnlessAtLeast(zoneCount, 2, msg)
 		// TODO: SkipUnlessDefaultScheduler() // Non-default schedulers might not spread
 	})
 	It("should spread the pods of a service across zones", func() {