diff --git a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc
index 910505a6691..79049129813 100644
--- a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ int checkAndCreateStriper(unsigned int cephPoolIdx, std::string &userAtPool, con
     }
     int rc = g_cluster[cephPoolIdx]->ioctx_create(file.pool.c_str(), *ioctx);
     if (rc != 0) {
+      logwrapper((char*)"checkAndCreateStriper : ioctx_create failed, user@pool = %s", userAtPool);
       logwrapper((char*)"checkAndCreateStriper : ioctx_create failed, rc = %d", rc);
       cluster->shutdown();
       delete cluster;