diff --git a/e2fsck/dirinfo.c b/e2fsck/dirinfo.c
index dbaf4712..4a9019b5 100644
--- a/e2fsck/dirinfo.c
+++ b/e2fsck/dirinfo.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ void e2fsck_add_dir_info(e2fsck_t ctx, ext2_ino_t ino, ext2_ino_t parent)
 					   sizeof(struct dir_info),
 					   &ctx->dir_info->array);
 		if (retval) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't reallocate dir_info "
+				"structure to %d entries\n",
+				ctx->dir_info->size);
+			fatal_error(ctx, 0);
 			ctx->dir_info->size -= 10;
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/e2fsck/dx_dirinfo.c b/e2fsck/dx_dirinfo.c
index 7838a406..be53fff0 100644
--- a/e2fsck/dx_dirinfo.c
+++ b/e2fsck/dx_dirinfo.c
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ void e2fsck_add_dx_dir(e2fsck_t ctx, ext2_ino_t ino, int num_blocks)
 					   sizeof(struct dx_dir_info),
 					   &ctx->dx_dir_info);
 		if (retval) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't reallocate dx_dir_info "
+				"structure to %d entries\n",
+				ctx->dx_dir_info_size);
+			fatal_error(ctx, 0);
 			ctx->dx_dir_info_size -= 10;
 			return;
 		}