diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_fbo.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_fbo.c
index 2bbbc34114..e0f0c6720b 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_fbo.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_fbo.c
@@ -307,8 +307,11 @@ intel_alloc_private_renderbuffer_storage(struct gl_context * ctx, struct gl_rend
    irb->mt = intel_miptree_create_for_renderbuffer(brw, rb->Format,
 						   width, height,
                                                    MAX2(rb->NumSamples, 1));
-   if (!irb->mt)
+   if (!irb->mt) {
+      _mesa_warning(ctx, "Cannot create miptree, format: %s, width: %d, height: %d, samples: %d",
+         _mesa_get_format_name(rb->Format), width, height, rb->NumSamples);
       return false;
+   }
 
    irb->layer_count = 1;
 
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_mipmap_tree.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_mipmap_tree.c
index 8e50aabb3b..98e7b7e545 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_mipmap_tree.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_mipmap_tree.c
@@ -592,8 +592,10 @@ make_surface(struct brw_context *brw, GLenum target, mesa_format format,
       .tiling_flags = tiling_flags,
    };
 
-   if (!isl_surf_init_s(&brw->isl_dev, &mt->surf, &init_info))
+   if (!isl_surf_init_s(&brw->isl_dev, &mt->surf, &init_info)) {
+      _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "isl_surf_init_s failed!");
       goto fail;
+   }
 
    /* Depth surfaces are always Y-tiled and stencil is always W-tiled, although
     * on gen7 platforms we also need to create Y-tiled copies of stencil for
@@ -606,12 +608,16 @@ make_surface(struct brw_context *brw, GLenum target, mesa_format format,
       if (need_to_retile_as_linear(brw, intel_miptree_blt_pitch(mt),
                                    mt->surf.tiling, mt->surf.samples)) {
          init_info.tiling_flags = 1u << ISL_TILING_LINEAR;
-         if (!isl_surf_init_s(&brw->isl_dev, &mt->surf, &init_info))
+         if (!isl_surf_init_s(&brw->isl_dev, &mt->surf, &init_info)) {
+             _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "retile_as_linear isl_surf_init_s failed!");
             goto fail;
+         }
       } else if (need_to_retile_as_x(brw, mt->surf.size_B, mt->surf.tiling)) {
          init_info.tiling_flags = 1u << ISL_TILING_X;
-         if (!isl_surf_init_s(&brw->isl_dev, &mt->surf, &init_info))
+         if (!isl_surf_init_s(&brw->isl_dev, &mt->surf, &init_info)) {
+            _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "retile_as_x isl_surf_init_s failed!");
             goto fail;
+         }
       }
    }
 
@@ -629,8 +635,10 @@ make_surface(struct brw_context *brw, GLenum target, mesa_format format,
                                   isl_tiling_to_i915_tiling(
                                      mt->surf.tiling),
                                   mt->surf.row_pitch_B, alloc_flags);
-      if (!mt->bo)
+      if (!mt->bo) {
+         _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "brw_bo_alloc_tiled failed!");
          goto fail;
+      }
    } else {
       mt->bo = bo;
    }
@@ -706,8 +714,13 @@ miptree_create(struct brw_context *brw,
                    tiling_flags, mt_surf_usage(mt_fmt),
                    alloc_flags, 0, NULL);
 
-   if (mt == NULL)
+   if (mt == NULL) {
+      _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "Failed to allocate surface, target: %d, fmt: %d, first_level: %d, last_level: %d, width: %d, height: %d, depth: %d, samples: %d, tiling_flags: %d",
+                   target, mt_fmt, first_level, last_level,
+                   width0, height0, depth0, num_samples,
+                   tiling_flags);
       return NULL;
+   }
 
    if (needs_separate_stencil(brw, mt, format)) {
       mt->stencil_mt =
@@ -717,6 +730,10 @@ miptree_create(struct brw_context *brw,
                       alloc_flags, 0, NULL);
       if (mt->stencil_mt == NULL) {
          intel_miptree_release(&mt);
+         _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "Failed to allocate stencil surface, target: %d, fmt: %d, first_level: %d, last_level: %d, width: %d, height: %d, depth: %d, samples: %d, tiling_flags: %d",
+             target, MESA_FORMAT_S_UINT8, first_level, last_level,
+             width0, height0, depth0, num_samples,
+             ISL_TILING_W_BIT);
          return NULL;
       }
    }
@@ -760,6 +777,7 @@ intel_miptree_create(struct brw_context *brw,
     */
    if (mt->aux_usage != ISL_AUX_USAGE_CCS_D &&
        !intel_miptree_alloc_aux(brw, mt)) {
+      _mesa_warning(&brw->ctx, "Failed to allocate aux surface, usage: %d", mt->aux_usage);
       intel_miptree_release(&mt);
       return NULL;
    }