diff --git a/src/journal-remote/fuzz-journal-remote.c b/src/journal-remote/fuzz-journal-remote.c
index 37eff2f748..32c4e1819c 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/fuzz-journal-remote.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/fuzz-journal-remote.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
                 return 0;
 
         if (!getenv("SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL"))
-                log_set_max_level(LOG_CRIT);
+                log_set_max_level(LOG_ERR);
 
         fdin = memfd_new_and_map("fuzz-journal-remote", size, &mem);
         if (fdin < 0)
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
 
         r = sd_journal_open_files(&j, (const char**) STRV_MAKE(name), 0);
         if (r < 0) {
+                log_error_errno(r, "sd_journal_open_files([\"%s\"]) failed: %m", name);
                 assert_se(IN_SET(r, -ENOMEM, -EMFILE, -ENFILE));
                 return r;
         }