diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 96976f248..b35fcb7fd 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -7943,6 +7943,7 @@ GGML_CALL void ggml_init_cublas() {
         if (cudaGetDeviceCount(&g_device_count) != cudaSuccess) {
             initialized = true;
             g_cublas_loaded = false;
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no " GGML_CUDA_NAME " devices found, " GGML_CUDA_NAME " will be disabled\n", __func__);
             return;
         }