diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
index 859c487faf..b449a973da 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
@@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ int32_t tqExpandTask(STQ* pTq, SStreamTask* pTask, int64_t ver) {
 
     pTask->pState = streamStateOpen(pTq->pStreamMeta->path, pStateTask, false, -1, -1);
     if (pTask->pState == NULL) {
+      tqError("s-task:%s (vgId:%d) failed to open state for task", pTask->id.idStr, vgId);
       return -1;
     }