1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 1ce2bf97fa37..6efb77fbbd70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -314,8 +314,10 @@ static s32 e1000_init_phy_params_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
                 phy->ops.write_reg = e1000e_write_phy_reg_bm;
                 phy->ops.read_reg  = e1000e_read_phy_reg_bm;
                 ret_val = e1000e_determine_phy_address(hw);
-                if (ret_val)
+                if (ret_val) {
+                        e_dbg("Cannot determine PHY addr. Erroring out\n");
                         return ret_val;
+                }
         }
 
         phy->id = 0;