diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index db4002ecbaca..6a5b16a119ed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1857,6 +1857,8 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		}
 
 		if (btrfs_super_log_root(fs_info->super_copy) != 0) {
+			btrfs_warn(fs_info,
+		"mount required to replay tree-log, cannot remount read-write");
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto restore;
 		}