diff --git a/fuel_health/tests/ha/test_haproxy.py b/fuel_health/tests/ha/test_haproxy.py
index c5bc5def..d75c15c2 100644
--- a/fuel_health/tests/ha/test_haproxy.py
+++ b/fuel_health/tests/ha/test_haproxy.py
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ class HAProxyCheck(test.BaseTestCase):
 
             dead_backends = filter(lambda x: 'DOWN' in x,
                                    haproxy_status.splitlines())
-            LOG.debug("Dead backends {0}".format(dead_backends))
+            backends_message = "Dead backends {0}"\
+                .format(dead_backends)
+            LOG.debug(backends_message)
+            error_message = "Step 2 failed: " + backends_message
             self.verify_response_true(
-                len(dead_backends) == 0,
-                "Step 2 failed: Some haproxy backend has down state.")
+                len(dead_backends) == 0, error_message)