diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index adad77bfeda..3f2cd8b286f 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ func (s *AWSCloud) ensureSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupId string, addPermiss
 	_, 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