diff --git a/src/libraries/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni.c b/src/libraries/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni.c
index 266238e41ac74e..473f6bd4d01657 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni.c
+++ b/src/libraries/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ JNIEnv* GetJNIEnv()
     LOG_DEBUG("Registering JNI thread detach. env ptr %p. Key: %ld", (void*)env, (long)threadLocalEnvKey);
     pthread_setspecific(threadLocalEnvKey, env);
 
-    abort_unless(ret == JNI_OK, "Unable to attach thread to JVM");
+    abort_unless(ret == JNI_OK, "Unable to attach thread to JVM (error: %d)", ret);
     return env;
 }