diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/NetlinkSocket.cpp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/NetlinkSocket.cpp
index 15c0f9b..86442f2 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/NetlinkSocket.cpp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/NetlinkSocket.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         // Found error/ack message, return status.
         auto nlerr = reinterpret_cast<struct nlmsgerr*>(NLMSG_DATA(nlmsg));
         if (nlerr->error != 0) {
-            LOG(ERROR) << "Received Netlink error message: " << nlerr->error;
+            LOG(ERROR) << "Received Netlink error message: " << strerror(-nlerr->error);
             return false;
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/common.cpp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/common.cpp
index 103cf53..387c91f 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/common.cpp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnetdevice/common.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
     const auto ifidx = if_nametoindex(ifname.c_str());
     if (ifidx != 0) return ifidx;
 
-    const auto err = errno;
-    if (err != ENODEV) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "if_nametoindex(" << ifname << ") failed: " << err;
+    if (errno != ENODEV) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "if_nametoindex(" << ifname << ") failed";
     }
     return 0;
 }