diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c
index f0137412d8..23915d4a37 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_event_socket/mod_event_socket.c
@@ -2934,8 +2934,10 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_RUNTIME_FUNCTION(mod_event_socket_runtime)
 
 	while (!prefs.done) {
 		rv = switch_sockaddr_info_get(&sa, prefs.ip, SWITCH_UNSPEC, prefs.port, 0, pool);
-		if (rv)
+		if (rv) {
+			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot get information about IP address %s\n", prefs.ip);
 			goto fail;
+		}
 		rv = switch_socket_create(&listen_list.sock, switch_sockaddr_get_family(sa), SOCK_STREAM, SWITCH_PROTO_TCP, pool);
 		if (rv)
 			goto sock_fail;