diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index 08dd5af357f7..cd52b9f15376 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -588,8 +588,10 @@ static struct config_group *nvmet_ns_make(struct config_group *group,
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (nsid == 0 || nsid == NVME_NSID_ALL)
+	if (nsid == 0 || nsid == NVME_NSID_ALL) {
+		pr_err("invalid nsid %#x", nsid);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	ns = nvmet_ns_alloc(subsys, nsid);