diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 40a6cdc6afea63b9d27b858ae052b06e68f4cfb4..23fd1eb51fcd9255e06f63e5998f1ae290d73ce3 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def ReadPidFile(pidfile):
   try:
     pid = int(pf.read())
   except ValueError, err:
-    logging.info("Can't parse pid file contents", exc_info=err)
+    logging.info("Can't parse pid file contents", exc_info=True)
     return 0
 
   return pid