diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_batchbuffer.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_batchbuffer.c
index 21dd27ce132..c4bb836f6e1 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_batchbuffer.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_batchbuffer.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ do_flush_locked(struct intel_context *intel)
    }
 
    if (ret != 0) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "intel_do_flush_locked failed: %s\n", strerr(ret));
       exit(1);
    }
    intel->vtbl.new_batch(intel);