diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 06b1a86d76b1..7ff05c06f2a4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1323,6 +1323,8 @@ SMB2_auth_kerberos(struct SMB2_sess_data *sess_data)
 	spnego_key = cifs_get_spnego_key(ses);
 	if (IS_ERR(spnego_key)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(spnego_key);
+		if (rc == -ENOKEY)
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "Verify user has a krb5 ticket and keyutils is installed\n");
 		spnego_key = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}