diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index b5939112b9b6..ddb943395118 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ static struct nvme_id_ns *nvme_identify_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 
 	error = nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &c, id, sizeof(*id));
 	if (error) {
-		dev_warn(ctrl->device, "Identify namespace failed\n");
+		dev_warn(ctrl->device, "Identify namespace failed (%d)\n", error);
 		kfree(id);
 		return NULL;
 	}