diff --git a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/store/rocksdb/RocksDBSstFileWriter.java b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/store/rocksdb/RocksDBSstFileWriter.java
index 6ece671af6..4f9149a2ed 100644
--- a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/store/rocksdb/RocksDBSstFileWriter.java
+++ b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/store/rocksdb/RocksDBSstFileWriter.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public Map<String, String> sync() {
                     + recordNumInLastSSTFile + ", latency(ms): " + LatencyUtils.getElapsedTimeInMs(startMs));
           }
         }
-      } else {
+      } else if (!isRMD) {
         LOGGER.warn(
             "Sync gets invoked for store: {}, partition id: {}, but the last sst file: {} is empty",
             storeName,
diff --git a/services/venice-controller/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/pushmonitor/PushStatusCollector.java b/services/venice-controller/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/pushmonitor/PushStatusCollector.java
index a2b72a5241..0cf17b0255 100644
--- a/services/venice-controller/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/pushmonitor/PushStatusCollector.java
+++ b/services/venice-controller/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/pushmonitor/PushStatusCollector.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ private void scanDaVinciPushStatus() {
       try {
         pushStatus = future.get();
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        LOGGER.error("Caught exception when getting future result of push status.", e);
+        LOGGER.error("Caught exception when getting future result of push status : " + e.getMessage());
         continue;
       }
       ExecutionStatusWithDetails daVinciStatus = pushStatus.getDaVinciStatus();