diff --git a/scripts/build/parse_syscalls.py b/scripts/build/parse_syscalls.py
index ebdb9bb73abd39e..b748bb1c210898d 100644
--- a/scripts/build/parse_syscalls.py
+++ b/scripts/build/parse_syscalls.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def analyze_headers(include_dir, scan_dir, file_list):
             try:
                 contents = fp.read()
             except Exception:
-                sys.stderr.write("Error decoding %s\n" % path)
+                sys.stderr.write("Error decoding %s (included in %s)\n" % (one_file, path))
                 raise
 
         fn = os.path.basename(one_file)