diff --git a/internal/cephfs/controllerserver.go b/internal/cephfs/controllerserver.go
index 8e3bd91c0..059d10311 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/controllerserver.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/controllerserver.go
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func doSnapshot(ctx context.Context, volOpt *volumeOptions, subvolumeName, snaps
 
 func (cs *ControllerServer) validateSnapshotReq(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateSnapshotRequest) error {
 	if err := cs.Driver.ValidateControllerServiceRequest(csi.ControllerServiceCapability_RPC_CREATE_DELETE_SNAPSHOT); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf(util.Log(ctx, "invalid create snapshot req: %v"), protosanitizer.StripSecrets(req))
+		util.ErrorLog(ctx, "invalid create snapshot req: %v", protosanitizer.StripSecrets(req))
 		return err
 	}