diff --git a/service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/cli/thrift/ThriftCLIService.java b/service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/cli/thrift/ThriftCLIService.java
index ccf576fe50d3..36b781e2dced 100644
--- a/service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/cli/thrift/ThriftCLIService.java
+++ b/service/src/java/org/apache/hive/service/cli/thrift/ThriftCLIService.java
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ private SessionHandle getSessionHandle(TOpenSessionReq req, TOpenSessionResp res
       throws HiveSQLException, IOException {
     final String ipAddress = getIpAddress();
 
-    LOG.info("Creating Hive session handle for user [{}] from IP {}", req.getUsername(), ipAddress);
+    LOG.info("Creating Hive session handle for user [{}] from IP {}", userName, ipAddress);
 
     TProtocolVersion protocol = getMinVersion(CLIService.SERVER_VERSION,
         req.getClient_protocol());