diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
index f8d23999e0f2..50f237a46ea1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
@@ -1358,6 +1358,9 @@ static int nvmet_rdma_cm_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id,
 		ret = nvmet_rdma_device_removal(cm_id, queue);
 		break;
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_REJECTED:
+		pr_debug("Connection rejected: %s\n",
+			 rdma_reject_msg(cm_id, event->status));
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_UNREACHABLE:
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_ERROR:
 		nvmet_rdma_queue_connect_fail(cm_id, queue);