diff --git a/avro-serializer/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/serializers/AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.java b/avro-serializer/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/serializers/AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.java
index 51702240659..dba9f53276a 100644
--- a/avro-serializer/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/serializers/AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.java
+++ b/avro-serializer/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/serializers/AbstractKafkaAvroSerializer.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ protected byte[] serializeImpl(
       // ClassCastException, etc
       throw new SerializationException("Error serializing Avro message", e);
     } catch (RestClientException e) {
-      throw toKafkaException(e, restClientErrorMsg + schema);
+      throw toKafkaException(e, restClientErrorMsg);
     } finally {
       postOp(object);
     }