diff --git a/scripts/python/release_label_validator.py b/scripts/python/release_label_validator.py
index 3f3bb63f6f..ae79a1d3e7 100755
--- a/scripts/python/release_label_validator.py
+++ b/scripts/python/release_label_validator.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     latest_release_name = latest_release['name'].split(".")
     new_release_name = os.getenv('NAME').split(".")
     if latest_release_name[0] == new_release_name[0] and latest_release_name[1] == new_release_name[1]:
-        error_message = "\nThese PRs have feature label, but only the patch version has changed:" + '\n'.join([f"PR: {pr}" for pr in feature_prs])
-        sys.exit(error_message)
+        sys.exit("\nThese PRs have feature label, but only the patch version has changed:\n" + '\n'.join([f"PR: {pr}" for pr in feature_prs]))
 
 print("\nNew name is correct")