diff --git a/core/chaincode/shim/handler.go b/core/chaincode/shim/handler.go
index fa95c224edf..2a3ba0ff089 100644
--- a/core/chaincode/shim/handler.go
+++ b/core/chaincode/shim/handler.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (handler *Handler) handleInit(msg *pb.ChaincodeMessage) {
 		// Create the ChaincodeStub which the chaincode can use to callback
 		stub := new(ChaincodeStub)
 		err := stub.init(handler, msg.ChannelId, msg.Txid, input, msg.Proposal)
-		if nextStateMsg = errFunc(err, nil, stub.chaincodeEvent, "[%s]Init get error response [%s]. Sending %s", shorttxid(msg.Txid), pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR.String()); nextStateMsg != nil {
+		if nextStateMsg = errFunc(err, nil, stub.chaincodeEvent, "[%s]Init get error response. Sending %s", shorttxid(msg.Txid), pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR.String()); nextStateMsg != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ func (handler *Handler) handleInit(msg *pb.ChaincodeMessage) {
 
 		if res.Status >= ERROR {
 			err = errors.New(res.Message)
-			if nextStateMsg = errFunc(err, []byte(res.Message), stub.chaincodeEvent, "[%s]Init get error response [%s]. Sending %s", shorttxid(msg.Txid), pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR.String()); nextStateMsg != nil {
+			if nextStateMsg = errFunc(err, []byte(res.Message), stub.chaincodeEvent, "[%s]Init get error response. Sending %s", shorttxid(msg.Txid), pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR.String()); nextStateMsg != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
 
 		resBytes, err := proto.Marshal(&res)
-		if nextStateMsg = errFunc(err, nil, stub.chaincodeEvent, "[%s]Init marshal response error [%s]. Sending %s", shorttxid(msg.Txid), pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR.String()); nextStateMsg != nil {
+		if nextStateMsg = errFunc(err, nil, stub.chaincodeEvent, "[%s]Init marshal response error. Sending %s", shorttxid(msg.Txid), pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR.String()); nextStateMsg != nil {
 			return
 		}