diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_capabilities.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_capabilities.c
index d2970a2315feecefd195bc1fe6967fbd250f54b1..93faaed82b63708b0aa14d6fc3e5362e89649f1b 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_capabilities.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ virBhyveCapsBuild(void)
         goto error;
 
     if (virBhyveCapsInitCPU(caps, virArchFromHost()) < 0)
-            VIR_WARN("Failed to get host CPU");
+        VIR_WARN("Failed to get host CPU: %s", virGetLastErrorMessage());
 
     return caps;