diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index fd80129acc3c..fc313fce5bbd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,10 @@ static int run_delayed_extent_op(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				goto again;
 			}
 		} else {
-			err = -EIO;
+			err = -EUCLEAN;
+			btrfs_err(fs_info,
+		  "missing extent item for extent %llu num_bytes %llu level %d",
+				  head->bytenr, head->num_bytes, extent_op->level);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}