diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogarchive.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogarchive.c
index 188b73e..061f1e8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogarchive.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogarchive.c
@@ -265,7 +265,11 @@ RestoreArchivedFile(char *path, const char *xlogfname,
 		else
 		{
 			/* stat failed */
-			if (errno != ENOENT)
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
+				ereport(LOG,
+						 (errmsg("Restore command reported success, but did not create the requested file \"%s\"",
+								xlogpath)));
+			else
 				ereport(FATAL,
 						(errcode_for_file_access(),
 						 errmsg("could not stat file \"%s\": %m",