diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinator.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinator.java
index b0f33e56a7f..0c79cbce045 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinator.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinator.java
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ public void reconstructECContainerGroup(long containerID,
           LOG.error("Exception while deleting the container {} at target: {}",
               containerID, dn, ioe);
         }
-        throw e;
       }
+      throw e;
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinatorTask.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinatorTask.java
index 38f3e320c68..e0aa14419a4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinatorTask.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ec/reconstruction/ECReconstructionCoordinatorTask.java
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public void run() {
     // respective container. HDDS-6582
     // 5. Close/finalize the recovered containers.
     long containerID = this.reconstructionCommandInfo.getContainerID();
+    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+      LOG.debug("Starting the EC reconstruction of the container {}",
+          containerID);
+    }
     try {
       SortedMap<Integer, DatanodeDetails> sourceNodeMap =
           reconstructionCommandInfo.getSources().stream().collect(Collectors