tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm = crypto_alloc_hash("crc32c", 0,
                                                  CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
        tcp_conn->tx_hash.flags = 0;
-       if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm))
+       if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "Could not create connection due to crc32c "
+                      "loading error %ld. Make sure the crc32c module is "
+                      "built as a module or into the kernel\n",
+                       PTR_ERR(tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm));
                goto free_tcp_conn;
+       }
 
        tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm = crypto_alloc_hash("crc32c", 0,
                                                  CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
        tcp_conn->rx_hash.flags = 0;
-       if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm))
+       if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "Could not create connection due to crc32c "
+                      "loading error %ld. Make sure the crc32c module is "
+                      "built as a module or into the kernel\n",
+                       PTR_ERR(tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm));
                goto free_tx_tfm;
+       }
 
        return cls_conn;