diff --git a/tools/llm_bench/llm_bench_utils/ov_utils.py b/tools/llm_bench/llm_bench_utils/ov_utils.py
index 596da8cb3a..1816c39b6f 100644
--- a/tools/llm_bench/llm_bench_utils/ov_utils.py
+++ b/tools/llm_bench/llm_bench_utils/ov_utils.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def create_text_gen_model(model_path, device, **kwargs):
     else:
         if kwargs.get("genai", True) and is_genai_available(log_msg=True):
             if model_class not in [OV_MODEL_CLASSES_MAPPING[default_model_type], OV_MODEL_CLASSES_MAPPING["mpt"], OV_MODEL_CLASSES_MAPPING["chatglm"]]:
-                log.warning("OpenVINO GenAI based benchmarking is not available for {model_type}. Will be switched to default benchmarking")
+                log.warning(f"OpenVINO GenAI based benchmarking is not available for {model_type}. Will be switched to default benchmarking")
             else:
                 log.info("Selected OpenVINO GenAI for benchmarking")
                 return create_genai_text_gen_model(model_path, device, ov_config, **kwargs)