diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
index 9dcdfca19d52..abbd28bf9a45 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
@@ -663,13 +663,14 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int check_bucket_ref(struct bch_fs *c,
+static int check_bucket_ref(struct btree_trans *trans,
 			    struct bkey_s_c k,
 			    const struct bch_extent_ptr *ptr,
 			    s64 sectors, enum bch_data_type ptr_data_type,
 			    u8 b_gen, u8 bucket_data_type,
 			    u32 dirty_sectors, u32 cached_sectors)
 {
+	struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
 	struct bch_dev *ca = bch_dev_bkey_exists(c, ptr->dev);
 	size_t bucket_nr = PTR_BUCKET_NR(ca, ptr);
 	u16 bucket_sectors = !ptr->cached
@@ -726,7 +727,7 @@ static int check_bucket_ref(struct bch_fs *c,
 
 	if (b_gen != ptr->gen) {
 		ret = 1;
-		goto err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (!data_type_is_empty(bucket_data_type) &&
@@ -756,9 +757,12 @@ static int check_bucket_ref(struct bch_fs *c,
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto err;
 	}
-err:
+out:
 	printbuf_exit(&buf);
 	return ret;
+err:
+	bch2_dump_trans_updates(trans);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 static int mark_stripe_bucket(struct btree_trans *trans,
@@ -800,7 +804,7 @@ static int mark_stripe_bucket(struct btree_trans *trans,
 	bucket_lock(g);
 	old = *g;
 
-	ret = check_bucket_ref(c, k, ptr, sectors, data_type,
+	ret = check_bucket_ref(trans, k, ptr, sectors, data_type,
 			       g->gen, g->data_type,
 			       g->dirty_sectors, g->cached_sectors);
 	if (ret)
@@ -832,7 +836,7 @@ static int __mark_pointer(struct btree_trans *trans,
 	u32 *dst_sectors = !ptr->cached
 		? dirty_sectors
 		: cached_sectors;
-	int ret = check_bucket_ref(trans->c, k, ptr, sectors, ptr_data_type,
+	int ret = check_bucket_ref(trans, k, ptr, sectors, ptr_data_type,
 				   bucket_gen, *bucket_data_type,
 				   *dirty_sectors, *cached_sectors);
 
@@ -1557,7 +1561,7 @@ static int bch2_trans_mark_stripe_bucket(struct btree_trans *trans,
 	if (IS_ERR(a))
 		return PTR_ERR(a);
 
-	ret = check_bucket_ref(c, s.s_c, ptr, sectors, data_type,
+	ret = check_bucket_ref(trans, s.s_c, ptr, sectors, data_type,
 			       a->v.gen, a->v.data_type,
 			       a->v.dirty_sectors, a->v.cached_sectors);
 	if (ret)