diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore.go b/pkg/restore/restore.go
index 4f88104edf..d67da67f81 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore.go
@@ -1387,7 +1387,13 @@ func (ctx *restoreContext) restoreItem(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, groupReso
 			additionalResourceID := getResourceID(additionalItem.GroupResource, additionalItem.Namespace, additionalItem.Name)
 			additionalObj, err := archive.Unmarshal(ctx.fileSystem, itemPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				errs.Add(namespace, errors.Wrapf(err, "error restoring additional item %s", additionalResourceID))
+				ctx.log.WithError(err).WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+					"additionalResource":          additionalItem.GroupResource.String(),
+					"additionalResourceNamespace": additionalItem.Namespace,
+					"additionalResourceName":      additionalItem.Name,
+				}).Warn("Could not unmarshal additional item")
+				errs.Add(namespace, errors.Wrapf(err, "Could not unmarshal additional item: %s", additionalResourceID))
+
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore_test.go b/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
index 49a4805cc4..1c87d7fb0d 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ func TestInvalidTarballContents(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErrs: Result{
 				Namespaces: map[string][]string{
-					"ns-1": {"error restoring additional item persistentvolumes/pv-1"},
+					"ns-1": {"Could not unmarshal additional item: persistentvolumes/pv-1"},
 				},
 			},
 		},