diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index 9a350b4..f9e6d38 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -531,8 +531,11 @@
 	struct hash_bucket *bucket;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (dma_mapping_error(ref->dev, ref->dev_addr))
+	if (dma_mapping_error(ref->dev, ref->dev_addr)) {
+		err_printk(ref->dev, NULL, "DMA-API: device driver tries "
+			   "to free an invalid DMA memory address\n");
 		return;
+	}
 
 	bucket = get_hash_bucket(ref, &flags);
 	entry = hash_bucket_find(bucket, ref);