diff --git a/sonic_sfp/sfputilbase.py b/sonic_sfp/sfputilbase.py
index 122850d90..bff54c2bf 100644
--- a/sonic_sfp/sfputilbase.py
+++ b/sonic_sfp/sfputilbase.py
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ def _read_eeprom_specific_bytes(self, sysfsfile_eeprom, offset, num_bytes):
             sysfsfile_eeprom.seek(offset)
             raw = sysfsfile_eeprom.read(num_bytes)
         except IOError:
-            print("Error: reading sysfs file %s" % sysfs_sfp_i2c_client_eeprom_path)
+            if sysfsfile_eeprom is not None:
+                print("Error: reading sysfs file %s" % sysfsfile_eeprom.name)
+            else:
+                print("Error: reading sysfs, file doesn't exist")
             return None
 
         try: