diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c b/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c
index fbc7ad5ef..aa2e27d84 100644
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ add_database_config(struct shash *db_conf, const char *opt,
 
     conf = shash_replace_nocopy(db_conf, filename, conf);
     if (conf) {
-        VLOG_WARN("Duplicate database configuration: %s", filename);
+        VLOG_WARN("Duplicate database configuration: %s", opt);
         db_config_destroy(conf);
     }
 }