diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index 0758745f13d..795f8a7fab7 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ func (s *AWSCloud) addSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupId string, addPermission
 	_, err = s.ec2.AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress(request)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warning("Error authorizing security group ingress", err)
-		return false, err
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("error authorizing security group ingress: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return true, nil