diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
index a908c5d0e9..c8964eb25d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
@@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ static void spapr_mce_dispatch_elog(PowerPCCPU *cpu, bool recovered)
     /* get rtas addr from fdt */
     rtas_addr = spapr_get_rtas_addr();
     if (!rtas_addr) {
+        error_report(
+"FWNMI: Unable to deliver machine check to guest: rtas_addr not found.");
         qemu_system_guest_panicked(NULL);
         g_free(ext_elog);
         return;
@@ -874,6 +876,8 @@ void spapr_mce_req_event(PowerPCCPU *cpu, bool recovered)
          * that CPU called "ibm,nmi-interlock")
          */
         if (spapr->fwnmi_machine_check_interlock == cpu->vcpu_id) {
+            error_report(
+"FWNMI: Unable to deliver machine check to guest: nested machine check.");
             qemu_system_guest_panicked(NULL);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
index 29abe66d01..bcac0d00e7 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ static void rtas_ibm_nmi_interlock(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     }
 
     if (spapr->fwnmi_machine_check_addr == -1) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+"FWNMI: ibm,nmi-interlock RTAS called with FWNMI not registered.\n");
+
         /* NMI register not called */
         rtas_st(rets, 0, RTAS_OUT_PARAM_ERROR);
         return;