diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
index 3c365ab6cf5f..42e192decbfd 100644
--- a/lib/swiotlb.c
+++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ swiotlb_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
 		 */
 		phys_addr_t paddr = map_single(hwdev, 0, size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 		if (paddr == SWIOTLB_MAP_ERROR)
-			return NULL;
+			goto err_warn;
 
 		ret = phys_to_virt(paddr);
 		dev_addr = phys_to_dma(hwdev, paddr);
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ swiotlb_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
 			/* DMA_TO_DEVICE to avoid memcpy in unmap_single */
 			swiotlb_tbl_unmap_single(hwdev, paddr,
 						 size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-			return NULL;
+			goto err_warn;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -678,6 +678,13 @@ swiotlb_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
 	memset(ret, 0, size);
 
 	return ret;
+
+err_warn:
+	pr_warn("swiotlb: coherent allocation failed for device %s size=%zu\n",
+		dev_name(hwdev), size);
+	dump_stack();
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(swiotlb_alloc_coherent);