diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
index 7f407199e819..03a215e1aef6 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
@@ -283,10 +283,7 @@ MergeTreeData::MergeTreeData(
         if (disk->exists(current_version_file_path))
         {
             if (!version_file.first.empty())
-            {
-                LOG_ERROR(log, "Duplication of version file {} and {}", fullPath(version_file.second, version_file.first), current_version_file_path);
-                throw Exception("Multiple format_version.txt file", ErrorCodes::CORRUPTED_DATA);
-            }
+                throw Exception(ErrorCodes::CORRUPTED_DATA, "Duplication of version file {} and {}", fullPath(version_file.second, version_file.first), current_version_file_path);
             version_file = {current_version_file_path, disk};
         }
     }