diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
index 2c52693a69a49c58669790120fcd9a94c5ea34fe..2e315f9f2e51d6f19fae04ced022777af1186cdf 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ static int __nilfs_btree_get_block(const struct nilfs_bmap *btree, __u64 ptr,
 
  out_no_wait:
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+		nilfs_msg(btree->b_inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR,
+			  "I/O error reading b-tree node block (ino=%lu, blocknr=%llu)",
+			  btree->b_inode->i_ino, (unsigned long long)ptr);
 		brelse(bh);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index e9148f94d696883a8748c7b0474347b186e7060b..853a831dcde0890481d45fdfadf89ff8a35b7671 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -148,8 +148,15 @@ int nilfs_gccache_submit_read_node(struct inode *inode, sector_t pbn,
 int nilfs_gccache_wait_and_mark_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
-	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+		struct inode *inode = bh->b_page->mapping->host;
+
+		nilfs_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR,
+			  "I/O error reading %s block for GC (ino=%lu, vblocknr=%llu)",
+			  buffer_nilfs_node(bh) ? "node" : "data",
+			  inode->i_ino, (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 	if (buffer_dirty(bh))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index 0d7b71fbeff8fb5aa4915a652091d95f8f06dd04..d56d3a5bea88d19f6bb1e1ed5854d8c890bd2d48 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -207,8 +207,12 @@ static int nilfs_mdt_read_block(struct inode *inode, unsigned long block,
 
  out_no_wait:
 	err = -EIO;
-	if (!buffer_uptodate(first_bh))
+	if (!buffer_uptodate(first_bh)) {
+		nilfs_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR,
+			  "I/O error reading meta-data file (ino=%lu, block-offset=%lu)",
+			  inode->i_ino, block);
 		goto failed_bh;
+	}
  out:
 	*out_bh = first_bh;
 	return 0;