diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go
index b4f565a153..d05d8e3b4b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func Load(l *loader.Loader, arch *sys.Arch, localSymVersion int, f *bio.Reader,
 			if strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LASF") { // gcc on s390x does this
 				continue
 			}
-			return errorf("%v: sym#%d: ignoring symbol in section %d (type %d)", elfsym.sym, i, elfsym.shndx, elfsym.type_)
+			return errorf("%v: sym#%d (%s): ignoring symbol in section %d (type %d)", elfsym.sym, i, elfsym.name, elfsym.shndx, elfsym.type_)
 		}
 
 		s := elfsym.sym