diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index 5617da6dc898..f1280dc356d0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@ static int regcache_default_sync(struct regmap *map, unsigned int min,
 		map->cache_bypass = 1;
 		ret = _regmap_write(map, reg, val);
 		map->cache_bypass = 0;
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(map->dev, "Unable to sync register %#x. %d\n",
+				reg, ret);
 			return ret;
+		}
 		dev_dbg(map->dev, "Synced register %#x, value %#x\n", reg, val);
 	}
 
@@ -615,8 +618,11 @@ static int regcache_sync_block_single(struct regmap *map, void *block,
 		ret = _regmap_write(map, regtmp, val);
 
 		map->cache_bypass = 0;
-		if (ret != 0)
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			dev_err(map->dev, "Unable to sync register %#x. %d\n",
+				regtmp, ret);
 			return ret;
+		}
 		dev_dbg(map->dev, "Synced register %#x, value %#x\n",
 			regtmp, val);
 	}
@@ -641,6 +647,9 @@ static int regcache_sync_block_raw_flush(struct regmap *map, const void **data,
 	map->cache_bypass = 1;
 
 	ret = _regmap_raw_write(map, base, *data, count * val_bytes);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(map->dev, "Unable to sync registers %#x-%#x. %d\n",
+			base, cur - map->reg_stride, ret);
 
 	map->cache_bypass = 0;