diff --git a/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go b/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go
index 570f12f5c2..a7debc720b 100644
--- a/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go
+++ b/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *MutateExistingController) report(err error, policy, rule string, target
 	var events []event.Info
 
 	if target == nil {
-		c.log.WithName("mutateExisting").Info("cannot generate events for empty target resource", "policy", policy, "rule", rule, "err", err.Error())
+		c.log.WithName("mutateExisting").Info("cannot generate events for empty target resource", "policy", policy, "rule", rule)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {