diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/RemoteFsTimestampAwareTranslog.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/RemoteFsTimestampAwareTranslog.java
index 3ccacde22bbfc..cf559690e9e73 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/RemoteFsTimestampAwareTranslog.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/RemoteFsTimestampAwareTranslog.java
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ public void onResponse(List<BlobMetadata> blobMetadata) {
                         remoteGenerationDeletionPermits.release();
                     }
                 } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger.error("Exception in trimUnreferencedReaders", e);
                     remoteGenerationDeletionPermits.release(REMOTE_DELETION_PERMITS);
                 }
             }