diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_logger_textfmt.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_logger_textfmt.erl
index fe67153ec..fb27681b8 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_logger_textfmt.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_logger_textfmt.erl
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ enrich_topic(Msg, _) ->
     Msg.
 
 mfa(undefined) -> undefined;
-mfa({M, F, A}) -> atom_to_list(M) ++ ":" ++ atom_to_list(F) ++ "/" ++ integer_to_list(A).
+mfa({M, F, A}) -> [atom_to_list(M), ":", atom_to_list(F), "/" ++ integer_to_list(A)].
diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_packet.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_packet.erl
index 9fa0b00da..32bd3df53 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_packet.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_packet.erl
@@ -479,7 +479,11 @@ format(#mqtt_packet{header = Header, variable = Variable, payload = Payload}, Pa
     case format_variable(Variable, Payload, PayloadEncode) of
         "" -> [HeaderIO, ")"];
         VarIO -> [HeaderIO, ", ", VarIO, ")"]
-    end.
+    end;
+%% receive a frame error packet, such as {frame_error,frame_too_large} or
+%% {frame_error,#{expected => <<"'MQTT' or 'MQIsdp'">>,hint => invalid_proto_name,received => <<"bad_name">>}}
+format(FrameError, _PayloadEncode) ->
+    lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~tp", [FrameError])).
 
 format_header(#mqtt_packet_header{
     type = Type,