diff --git a/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt b/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt
index b184952f269..0db979abdac 100644
--- a/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt
+++ b/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder : ModelBuilderService {
     private fun safelyGetArguments(compileKotlinTask: Task, accessor: Method?) = try {
         accessor?.invoke(compileKotlinTask) as? List<String>
     } catch (e: Exception) {
-        logger.info(e.message, e)
+        logger.info(e.message ?: "Unexpected exception: $e", e)
         null
     } ?: emptyList()
 
diff --git a/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt.181 b/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt.181
index 909e1d9fb02..a7ff5effc27 100644
--- a/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt.181
+++ b/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder.kt.181
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class KotlinMPPGradleModelBuilder : ModelBuilderService {
     private fun safelyGetArguments(compileKotlinTask: Task, accessor: Method?) = try {
         accessor?.invoke(compileKotlinTask) as? List<String>
     } catch (e: Exception) {
-        logger.info(e.message, e)
+        logger.info(e.message ?: "Unexpected exception: $e", e)
         null
     } ?: emptyList()