diff --git a/pkg/apis/aws/helper/scheme.go b/pkg/apis/aws/helper/scheme.go
index d86a82c62..b89ea50af 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/aws/helper/scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/aws/helper/scheme.go
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ func init() {
 func CloudProfileConfigFromCluster(cluster *controller.Cluster) (*api.CloudProfileConfig, error) {
 	var cloudProfileConfig *api.CloudProfileConfig
 	if cluster != nil && cluster.CloudProfile != nil && cluster.CloudProfile.Spec.ProviderConfig != nil && cluster.CloudProfile.Spec.ProviderConfig.Raw != nil {
+		cloudProfileName := fmt.Sprintf("cloudProfile '%q'", client.ObjectKeyFromObject(cluster.CloudProfile))
+		if cluster.Shoot != nil && cluster.Shoot.Spec.CloudProfile != nil {
+			cloudProfileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s '%s/%s'", cluster.Shoot.Spec.CloudProfile.Kind, cluster.Shoot.Namespace, cluster.Shoot.Spec.CloudProfile.Name)
+		}
 		cloudProfileConfig = &api.CloudProfileConfig{}
 		if _, _, err := decoder.Decode(cluster.CloudProfile.Spec.ProviderConfig.Raw, nil, cloudProfileConfig); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not decode providerConfig of cloudProfile for '%s': %w", client.ObjectKeyFromObject(cluster.CloudProfile), err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not decode providerConfig of %s: %w", cloudProfileName, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return cloudProfileConfig, nil