diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 2c0cf511ec2385fa5a558b5d2e1e1ed0c874c9f6..24327adc925ce97870a7fc33defe3853806ee9aa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ static void process_prepared_mapping(struct dm_thin_new_mapping *m)
 	 */
 	r = dm_thin_insert_block(tc->td, m->virt_block, m->data_block);
 	if (r) {
-		DMERR_LIMIT("dm_thin_insert_block() failed");
+		DMERR_LIMIT("%s: dm_thin_insert_block() failed: error = %d",
+			    dm_device_name(pool->pool_md), r);
+		set_pool_mode(pool, PM_READ_ONLY);
 		cell_error(pool, m->cell);
 		goto out;
 	}