diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py
index cd1b935290df..b8177217c517 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py
@@ -1582,15 +1582,18 @@ class IronicDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
         self.mock_conn.validate_node.return_value = \
             ironic_utils.get_test_validation(
-                power=_node.ValidationResult(result=False, reason=None),
+                power=_node.ValidationResult(result=False, reason='OVERVOLT'),
                 deploy=_node.ValidationResult(result=False, reason=None),
-                storage=_node.ValidationResult(result=False, reason=None),
+                storage=_node.ValidationResult(result=True, reason=None),
             )
         self.mock_conn.get_node.return_value = node
         image_meta = ironic_utils.get_test_image_meta()
 
-        self.assertRaises(exception.ValidationError, self.driver.spawn,
-                          self.ctx, instance, image_meta, [], None, {})
+        msgre = '.*deploy: None, power: OVERVOLT, storage: No Error.*'
+
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(exception.ValidationError, msgre,
+            self.driver.spawn, self.ctx, instance, image_meta,
+            [], None, {})
         self.mock_conn.get_node.assert_called_once_with(
             node_id, fields=ironic_driver._NODE_FIELDS)
         mock_avti.assert_called_once_with(self.ctx, instance, None)
diff --git a/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py b/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
index 9d6bd32126cf..7279af09adf0 100644
--- a/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
@@ -1213,14 +1213,20 @@ class IronicDriver(virt_driver.ComputeDriver):
         ):
             # something is wrong. undo what we have done
             self._cleanup_deploy(node, instance, network_info)
+            deploy_msg = ("No Error" if validate_chk['deploy'].result
+                          else validate_chk['deploy'].reason)
+            power_msg = ("No Error" if validate_chk['power'].result
+                         else validate_chk['power'].reason)
+            storage_msg = ("No Error" if validate_chk['storage'].result
+                           else validate_chk['storage'].reason)
             raise exception.ValidationError(_(
                 "Ironic node: %(id)s failed to validate. "
                 "(deploy: %(deploy)s, power: %(power)s, "
                 "storage: %(storage)s)")
                 % {'id': node.id,
-                   'deploy': validate_chk['deploy'],
-                   'power': validate_chk['power'],
-                   'storage': validate_chk['storage']})
+                   'deploy': deploy_msg,
+                   'power': power_msg,
+                   'storage': storage_msg})
 
         # Config drive
         configdrive_value = None
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ironic-validate-node-message-6a8b1eedbddd06fd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ironic-validate-node-message-6a8b1eedbddd06fd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ac2e8940116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ironic-validate-node-message-6a8b1eedbddd06fd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix displaying the reason messages from the Ironic validate node operation that
+    is called just before the instance is deployed on the bare metal node. The
+    message from Ironic is now correctly logged.
+    Fixes `bug 2100009 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/2100009>_`.