diff --git a/sys/dev/usb/uhub.c b/sys/dev/usb/uhub.c
index 53784584a04a..0c07211a659b 100644
--- a/sys/dev/usb/uhub.c
+++ b/sys/dev/usb/uhub.c
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ uhub_explore(usbd_device_handle dev)
 			 * some other serious problem.  Since we cannot leave
 			 * at 0 we have to disable the port instead.
 			 */
-			printf("%s: device problem, disabling port %d\n",
-			       USBDEVNAME(sc->sc_dev), port);
+			printf("%s: device problem (%s), disabling port %d\n",
+			       USBDEVNAME(sc->sc_dev), usbd_errstr(err), port);
 			usbd_clear_port_feature(dev, port, UHF_PORT_ENABLE);
 		} else {
 			/* The port set up succeeded, reset error count. */