diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index bfb21e258427..d7c5e2dde270 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static __printf(2, 3) void binder_debug(int mask, const char *format, ...)
 	}
 }
 
+#define binder_txn_error(x...) \
+	binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_FAILED_TRANSACTION, x)
+
 static __printf(1, 2) void binder_user_error(const char *format, ...)
 {
 	struct va_format vaf;
@@ -2823,6 +2826,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		if (target_thread == NULL) {
 			/* annotation for sparse */
 			__release(&target_thread->proc->inner_lock);
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d reply target not found\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			return_error = BR_DEAD_REPLY;
 			return_error_line = __LINE__;
 			goto err_dead_binder;
@@ -2888,6 +2893,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 			}
 		}
 		if (!target_node) {
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d cannot find target node\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			/*
 			 * return_error is set above
 			 */
@@ -2897,6 +2904,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		}
 		e->to_node = target_node->debug_id;
 		if (WARN_ON(proc == target_proc)) {
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d self transactions not allowed\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 			return_error_param = -EINVAL;
 			return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -2904,6 +2913,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		}
 		if (security_binder_transaction(proc->cred,
 						target_proc->cred) < 0) {
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d transaction credentials failed\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 			return_error_param = -EPERM;
 			return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -2975,6 +2986,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 	/* TODO: reuse incoming transaction for reply */
 	t = kzalloc(sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (t == NULL) {
+		binder_txn_error("%d:%d cannot allocate transaction\n",
+			thread->pid, proc->pid);
 		return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 		return_error_param = -ENOMEM;
 		return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -2986,6 +2999,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 
 	tcomplete = kzalloc(sizeof(*tcomplete), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tcomplete == NULL) {
+		binder_txn_error("%d:%d cannot allocate work for transaction\n",
+			thread->pid, proc->pid);
 		return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 		return_error_param = -ENOMEM;
 		return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3032,6 +3047,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		security_cred_getsecid(proc->cred, &secid);
 		ret = security_secid_to_secctx(secid, &secctx, &secctx_sz);
 		if (ret) {
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d failed to get security context\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 			return_error_param = ret;
 			return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3040,7 +3057,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		added_size = ALIGN(secctx_sz, sizeof(u64));
 		extra_buffers_size += added_size;
 		if (extra_buffers_size < added_size) {
-			/* integer overflow of extra_buffers_size */
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d integer overflow of extra_buffers_size\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 			return_error_param = -EINVAL;
 			return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3054,9 +3072,15 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		tr->offsets_size, extra_buffers_size,
 		!reply && (t->flags & TF_ONE_WAY), current->tgid);
 	if (IS_ERR(t->buffer)) {
-		/*
-		 * -ESRCH indicates VMA cleared. The target is dying.
-		 */
+		char *s;
+
+		ret = PTR_ERR(t->buffer);
+		s = (ret == -ESRCH) ? ": vma cleared, target dead or dying"
+			: (ret == -ENOSPC) ? ": no space left"
+			: (ret == -ENOMEM) ? ": memory allocation failed"
+			: "";
+		binder_txn_error("cannot allocate buffer%s", s);
+
 		return_error_param = PTR_ERR(t->buffer);
 		return_error = return_error_param == -ESRCH ?
 			BR_DEAD_REPLY : BR_FAILED_REPLY;
@@ -3139,6 +3163,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 						  t->buffer,
 						  buffer_offset,
 						  sizeof(object_offset))) {
+			binder_txn_error("%d:%d copy offset from buffer failed\n",
+				thread->pid, proc->pid);
 			return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 			return_error_param = -EINVAL;
 			return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3197,6 +3223,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 							t->buffer,
 							object_offset,
 							fp, sizeof(*fp))) {
+				binder_txn_error("%d:%d translate binder failed\n",
+					thread->pid, proc->pid);
 				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 				return_error_param = ret;
 				return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3214,6 +3242,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 							t->buffer,
 							object_offset,
 							fp, sizeof(*fp))) {
+				binder_txn_error("%d:%d translate handle failed\n",
+					thread->pid, proc->pid);
 				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 				return_error_param = ret;
 				return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3234,6 +3264,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 							t->buffer,
 							object_offset,
 							fp, sizeof(*fp))) {
+				binder_txn_error("%d:%d translate fd failed\n",
+					thread->pid, proc->pid);
 				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 				return_error_param = ret;
 				return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3303,6 +3335,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 								  object_offset,
 								  fda, sizeof(*fda));
 			if (ret) {
+				binder_txn_error("%d:%d translate fd array failed\n",
+					thread->pid, proc->pid);
 				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 				return_error_param = ret > 0 ? -EINVAL : ret;
 				return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3330,6 +3364,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 				(const void __user *)(uintptr_t)bp->buffer,
 				bp->length);
 			if (ret) {
+				binder_txn_error("%d:%d deferred copy failed\n",
+					thread->pid, proc->pid);
 				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 				return_error_param = ret;
 				return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3353,6 +3389,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 							t->buffer,
 							object_offset,
 							bp, sizeof(*bp))) {
+				binder_txn_error("%d:%d failed to fixup parent\n",
+					thread->pid, proc->pid);
 				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
 				return_error_param = ret;
 				return_error_line = __LINE__;
@@ -3460,6 +3498,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 	return;
 
 err_dead_proc_or_thread:
+	binder_txn_error("%d:%d dead process or thread\n",
+		thread->pid, proc->pid);
 	return_error_line = __LINE__;
 	binder_dequeue_work(proc, tcomplete);
 err_translate_failed:
