diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
index c494c37bf167..fa0357bd88ff 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinmux.c
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ static int pin_request(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 	const struct pinmux_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->pmxops;
 	int status = -EINVAL;
 
-	dev_dbg(pctldev->dev, "request pin %d for %s\n", pin, owner);
-
 	desc = pin_desc_get(pctldev, pin);
 	if (desc == NULL) {
 		dev_err(pctldev->dev,
@@ -97,6 +95,9 @@ static int pin_request(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	dev_dbg(pctldev->dev, "request pin %d (%s) for %s\n",
+		pin, desc->name, owner);
+
 	if (gpio_range) {
 		/* There's no need to support multiple GPIO requests */
 		if (desc->gpio_owner) {