diff --git a/src/pxar/extract.rs b/src/pxar/extract.rs
index 9cf3f928..0a61c885 100644
--- a/src/pxar/extract.rs
+++ b/src/pxar/extract.rs
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ impl Extractor {
             metadata,
             file.as_raw_fd(),
             &mut self.on_error,
-        )?;
+        )
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to apply initial flags: {}", err))?;
 
         let extracted = io::copy(&mut *contents, &mut file)
             .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to copy file contents: {}", err))?;
@@ -445,7 +446,8 @@ impl Extractor {
             metadata,
             file.as_raw_fd(),
             &mut self.on_error,
-        )?;
+        )
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to apply initial flags: {}", err))?;
 
         let extracted = tokio::io::copy(&mut *contents, &mut file)
             .await
diff --git a/src/pxar/metadata.rs b/src/pxar/metadata.rs
index 6e87db3d..4992cc8f 100644
--- a/src/pxar/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/pxar/metadata.rs
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ fn apply_flags(flags: Flags, fd: RawFd, entry_flags: u64) -> Result<(), Error> {
         match unsafe { fs::write_fat_attr_fd(fd, &fatattr) } {
             Ok(_) => (),
             Err(nix::Error::Sys(errno)) if errno_is_unsupported(errno) => (),
-            Err(err) => bail!("failed to set file attributes: {}", err),
+            Err(err) => bail!("failed to set file FAT attributes: {}", err),
         }
     }