diff --git a/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh b/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
index aacad43d..39b18bb9 100755
--- a/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
+++ b/test-case/check-sof-logger.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ run_loggers()
 
             loggerStatus=0; wait "$mtracetoolPID" || loggerStatus=$?
             test "$loggerStatus" -eq 124 || {
-                cat "$error_file"
+                cat "$etrace_file"
+                cat "$etrace_stderr_file"
                 die "timeout $mtracetool returned unexpected: $loggerStatus"
             }
         else