diff --git a/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java b/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java
index 44ffd0310..ef86d5334 100644
--- a/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java
+++ b/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
     try {
       clusterConfigs = describeClusterConfigs(_adminClient, DESCRIBE_CLUSTER_CONFIGS_TIMEOUT);
     } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Failed to describe Kafka cluster configs.");
+      throw new RuntimeException("Failed to describe Kafka cluster configs.", e);
     }
 
     if (clusterConfigs != null) {