diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index f1f3b10d1dbb..4f3bbba5815e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -1140,6 +1140,10 @@ int btrfs_load_block_group_zone_info(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, bool new)
 		}
 
 		if (zone.type == BLK_ZONE_TYPE_CONVENTIONAL) {
+			btrfs_err_in_rcu(fs_info,
+	"zoned: unexpected conventional zone %llu on device %s (devid %llu)",
+				zone.start << SECTOR_SHIFT,
+				rcu_str_deref(device->name), device->devid);
 			ret = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}