diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index 4568e620a3518f57b6821a4b9ca7bb4acb111d0d..f198bd717764c39f2f71e9245449b432a51aa348 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -3332,6 +3332,7 @@ bool job_epilog_complete(uint32_t job_id, char *node_name,
 	if (job_ptr == NULL)
 		return true;
 	if (return_code) {
+		error("Epilog error on %s, setting DOWN", node_name);
 		set_node_down(node_name, "Epilog error");
 	} else {
 		struct node_record *node_ptr = find_node_record(node_name);