diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/error.c b/fs/bcachefs/error.c
index 63951e293c47..ff49cebfd0e8 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/error.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/error.c
@@ -620,6 +620,9 @@ int __bch2_fsck_err(struct bch_fs *c,
 
 	if (s)
 		s->ret = ret;
+
+	if (trans)
+		ret = bch2_trans_log_str(trans, bch2_sb_error_strs[err]) ?: ret;
 err_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&c->fsck_error_msgs_lock);
 err: