diff --git a/lustre/obdfilter/filter_capa.c b/lustre/obdfilter/filter_capa.c
index c5decbd2a0d37a0d41c52c5a8d66f795fb0c276e..2b0086dc870cd676969416b5cef620c660dcfef6 100644
--- a/lustre/obdfilter/filter_capa.c
+++ b/lustre/obdfilter/filter_capa.c
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ verify:
                 }
                 spin_unlock(&filter->fo_capa_lock);
 
+                if (rc) {
+                        DEBUG_CAPA(D_ERROR, capa, "access denied\n");
+                        DEBUG_CAPA(D_ERROR, &ocapa->c_capa, "access denied\n");
+                }
                 capa_put(ocapa);
                 RETURN(rc ? -EACCES : 0);
         }