diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 6e70ddb158b4..3827760c8eef 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ p9_virtio_create(struct p9_client *client, const char *devname, char *args)
 	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 
 	if (!found) {
-		pr_err("no channels available\n");
+		pr_err("no channels available for device %s\n", devname);
 		return ret;
 	}