diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java
index c6beac4..78ca0fc 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java
@@ -598,7 +598,11 @@
       committer = c.getCommitterIdent();
       parentCount = c.getParentCount();
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new StorageException(e);
+      throw new StorageException(
+          String.format(
+              "Loading commit %s for ps %d of change %d failed.",
+              ps.commitId(), ps.id().get(), ps.id().changeId().get()),
+          e);
     }
     return true;
   }