diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
index c550c0c76..22d138057 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
@@ -650,9 +650,13 @@ static int alsa_recover(struct state *state, int err)
 		state->sample_count += missing ? missing : state->threshold;
 		break;
 	}
+	case SND_PCM_STATE_SUSPENDED:
+		spa_log_info(state->log, NAME" %p: recover from state %s",
+				state, snd_pcm_state_name(st));
+		break;
 	default:
-		spa_log_error(state->log, NAME" %p: recover from error state %d",
-				state, st);
+		spa_log_error(state->log, NAME" %p: recover from error state %s",
+				state, snd_pcm_state_name(st));
 		break;
 	}