diff --git a/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp b/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
index 1f387b89ee..4ea67cb538 100644
--- a/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
+++ b/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
@@ -2091,6 +2091,9 @@ controller_interface::return_type ControllerManager::update(
 
         if (controller_ret != controller_interface::return_type::OK)
         {
+          RCLCPP_ERROR_ONCE(
+            get_logger(), "The update call of the following controller returned an error: '%s'",
+            loaded_controller.info.name.c_str());
           ret = controller_ret;
         }
       }