diff --git a/com.unity.shadergraph/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.shadergraph/CHANGELOG.md
index 2df55553207..f30f5746b4c 100644
--- a/com.unity.shadergraph/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.shadergraph/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed virtual texture layer reference names allowing invalid characters [1304146]
 - Fixed issue with SRP Batcher compatibility [1310624]
 - Fixed issue with Hybrid renderer compatibility [1296776]
+- Fixed an issue where the shader variant limit exceeded message was not getting passed [1304168] (https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/product/unity/issues/guid/1304168)
 
 
 ## [11.0.0] - 2020-10-21
diff --git a/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Data/Implementation/GraphObject.cs b/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Data/Implementation/GraphObject.cs
index 245007c9597..ff49b9e64f4 100644
--- a/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Data/Implementation/GraphObject.cs
+++ b/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Data/Implementation/GraphObject.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ class GraphObject : ScriptableObject, ISerializationCallbackReceiver
         [SerializeField]
         string m_AssetGuid;
 
+        internal string AssetGuid
+        {
+            get => m_AssetGuid;
+        }
+
         [NonSerialized]
         GraphData m_Graph;
 
diff --git a/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Generation/Processors/Generator.cs b/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Generation/Processors/Generator.cs
index 63746047c35..94e08c28fff 100644
--- a/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Generation/Processors/Generator.cs
+++ b/com.unity.shadergraph/Editor/Generation/Processors/Generator.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,16 @@ void BuildShader()
 
             if (m_GraphData.GetKeywordPermutationCount() > ShaderGraphPreferences.variantLimit)
             {
-                m_GraphData.AddValidationError(m_OutputNode.objectId, ShaderKeyword.kVariantLimitWarning, Rendering.ShaderCompilerMessageSeverity.Error);
+                string graphName = "";
+                if (m_GraphData.owner != null)
+                {
+                    string path = AssetDatabase.GUIDToAssetPath(m_GraphData.owner.AssetGuid);
+                    if (path != null)
+                    {
+                        graphName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
+                    }
+                }
+                Debug.LogError($"Error in Shader Graph {graphName}:{ShaderKeyword.kVariantLimitWarning}");
 
                 m_ConfiguredTextures = shaderProperties.GetConfiguredTextures();
                 m_Builder.AppendLines(ShaderGraphImporter.k_ErrorShader);