diff --git a/libntfs-3g/dir.c b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
index 560c9ddd..f16254ca 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/dir.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ ntfs_inode *ntfs_pathname_to_inode(ntfs_volume *vol, ntfs_inode *parent,
 
 		len = ntfs_mbstoucs(p, &unicode);
 		if (len < 0) {
-			ntfs_log_debug("Couldn't convert name to Unicode: %s.\n", p);
+			ntfs_log_perror("Couldn't convert filename to Unicode: "
+					"'%s'.\n", p);
 			err = errno;
 			goto close;
 		} else if (len > NTFS_MAX_NAME_LEN) {