diff --git a/source/adios2/core/Engine.inl b/source/adios2/core/Engine.inl
index dccf770fd98215718fb83fdf6c0ba771827d1b8f..658d2ac5e067a2f753142ab5716dd4621ab7df88 100644
--- a/source/adios2/core/Engine.inl
+++ b/source/adios2/core/Engine.inl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void Engine::Write(Variable<T> &variable, const T *values)
 {
     if (m_DebugMode)
     {
-        variable.CheckDimsBeforeWrite("Write(" + variable.m_Name + ")");
+        variable.CheckDimsBeforeWrite("Write " + variable.m_Name);
     }
 
     DoWrite(variable, values);