diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index 55091a02b..7e87f3f91 100644
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 
 #include <pulse/context.h>
 #include <pulse/timeval.h>
+#include <pulse/error.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
 int pa_context_set_error(pa_context *c, int error) {
 	pa_assert(error >= 0);
 	pa_assert(error < PA_ERR_MAX);
-	pw_log_debug("context %p: error %d", c, error);
+	pw_log_debug("context %p: error %d %s", c, error, pa_strerror(error));
 	if (c)
 		c->error = error;
 	return error;
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index a5fc655ae..712868e03 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ int pa_context_set_error(pa_context *c, int error);
 #define PA_CHECK_VALIDITY(context, expression, error)			\
 do {									\
 	if (!(expression)) {						\
+		pw_log_trace("'%s' failed at %s:%u %s()",		\
+			#expression, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);	\
 		return -pa_context_set_error((context), (error));	\
 	}								\
 } while(false)
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ do {									\
 #define PA_CHECK_VALIDITY_RETURN_ANY(context, expression, error, value)	\
 do {									\
 	if (!(expression)) {						\
+		pw_log_trace("'%s' failed at %s:%u %s()",		\
+			#expression, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);	\
 		pa_context_set_error((context), (error));		\
 		return value;						\
 	}								\