diff --git a/image/main.c b/image/main.c
index b8752541..e19ebe1b 100644
--- a/image/main.c
+++ b/image/main.c
@@ -2407,8 +2407,10 @@ static int restore_metadump(const char *input, FILE *out, int old_restore,
 
 	if (!multi_devices && !old_restore) {
 		ret = build_chunk_tree(&mdrestore, cluster);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			error("failed to build chunk tree");
 			goto out;
+		}
 		if (!list_empty(&mdrestore.overlapping_chunks))
 			remap_overlapping_chunks(&mdrestore);
 	}