diff --git a/provisioner.go b/provisioner.go
index d966c1e276f79c804b86d231d7c7d6060699f0e3..4a2ea1706b82f50c885cab97f6f4af474678c83f 100644
--- a/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner.go
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ func (p *LocalPathProvisioner) createHelperPod(action ActionType, cmdsForPath []
 
 	// If it already exists due to some previous errors, the pod will be cleaned up later automatically
 	// https://github.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner/issues/27
+	logrus.Infof("create the helper pod %s into %s", helperPod.Name, p.namespace)
 	_, err = p.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(p.namespace).Create(helperPod)
 	if err != nil && !k8serror.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 		return err