diff --git a/contracts/eth/nearbridge/contracts/NearBridge.sol b/contracts/eth/nearbridge/contracts/NearBridge.sol
index e622b5925..337d404fb 100644
--- a/contracts/eth/nearbridge/contracts/NearBridge.sol
+++ b/contracts/eth/nearbridge/contracts/NearBridge.sol
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ contract NearBridge is INearBridge, AdminControlled {
 
     function setBlockProducers(NearDecoder.BlockProducer[] memory src, Epoch storage epoch) internal {
         uint cnt = src.length;
-        require(cnt <= MAX_BLOCK_PRODUCERS);
+        require(cnt <= MAX_BLOCK_PRODUCERS, "It is not expected having that many block producers for the provided block");
         epoch.numBPs = cnt;
         unchecked {
             for (uint i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {