diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 8292e488d3d7..73343503ea60 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static int btrfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	err = open_ctree(sb, fs_devices);
 	if (err) {
-		btrfs_err(fs_info, "open_ctree failed");
+		btrfs_err(fs_info, "open_ctree failed: %d", err);
 		return err;
 	}