diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/extents.c b/drivers/md/bcache/extents.c
index 956004366699..886710043025 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/extents.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/extents.c
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ static bool bch_extent_bad(struct btree_keys *bk, const struct bkey *k)
 {
 	struct btree *b = container_of(bk, struct btree, keys);
 	unsigned int i, stale;
+	char buf[80];
 
 	if (!KEY_PTRS(k) ||
 	    bch_extent_invalid(bk, k))
@@ -547,19 +548,19 @@ static bool bch_extent_bad(struct btree_keys *bk, const struct bkey *k)
 		if (!ptr_available(b->c, k, i))
 			return true;
 
-	if (!expensive_debug_checks(b->c) && KEY_DIRTY(k))
-		return false;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < KEY_PTRS(k); i++) {
 		stale = ptr_stale(b->c, k, i);
 
+		if (stale && KEY_DIRTY(k)) {
+			bch_extent_to_text(buf, sizeof(buf), k);
+			pr_info("stale dirty pointer, stale %u, key: %s",
+				stale, buf);
+		}
+
 		btree_bug_on(stale > BUCKET_GC_GEN_MAX, b,
 			     "key too stale: %i, need_gc %u",
 			     stale, b->c->need_gc);
 
-		btree_bug_on(stale && KEY_DIRTY(k) && KEY_SIZE(k),
-			     b, "stale dirty pointer");
-
 		if (stale)
 			return true;