diff --git a/src/platform/tests/test-platform-general.c b/src/platform/tests/test-platform-general.c
index aca4413fad..ee1e247753 100644
--- a/src/platform/tests/test-platform-general.c
+++ b/src/platform/tests/test-platform-general.c
@@ -715,6 +715,19 @@ test_platform_ip_address_pretty_sort_cmp(gconstpointer test_data)
                                             NULL,
                                             0,
                                             &bin_len);
+
+        if (bin_len != ELM_SIZE * N_ADDRESSES || memcmp(addresses, bin_arr, bin_len) != 0) {
+            char *addresses_str = nm_utils_bin2hexstr(addresses, ELM_SIZE * N_ADDRESSES, -1);
+
+            g_error(">>> test_platform_ip_address_pretty_sort_cmp() will fail:\n"
+                    ">>> addresses[%zu]: %s\n"
+                    ">>> expected [%zu]: %s\n",
+                    ELM_SIZE * N_ADDRESSES,
+                    addresses_str,
+                    bin_len,
+                    EXPECTED_BUFFER[TEST_DATA_I]);
+        }
+
         g_assert_cmpmem(addresses, ELM_SIZE * N_ADDRESSES, bin_arr, bin_len);
     }
 }