diff --git a/pkg/host/host_test.go b/pkg/host/host_test.go
index 470a6e5e187..aa70209425c 100644
--- a/pkg/host/host_test.go
+++ b/pkg/host/host_test.go
@@ -31,15 +31,9 @@ func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
 	for c, reason := range disabled {
 		t.Logf("%v: %v", c.Name, reason)
 	}
-	trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(supp)
+	_, disabled = target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(supp)
 	t.Logf("\n\ntransitively unsupported:")
-	for _, c := range target.Syscalls {
-		s, ok := trans[c]
-		if ok && !s {
-			t.Fatalf("map contains false value")
-		}
-		if !s && supp[c] {
-			t.Logf("%v", c.Name)
-		}
+	for c, reason := range disabled {
+		t.Logf("%v: %v", c.Name, reason)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/prog/decl_test.go b/prog/decl_test.go
index 72a6435e80a..4539be2fb85 100644
--- a/prog/decl_test.go
+++ b/prog/decl_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package prog
 
 import (
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -32,20 +33,26 @@ func TestTransitivelyEnabledCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range target.Syscalls {
 		calls[c] = true
 	}
-	if trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls); len(calls) != len(trans) {
-		for c := range calls {
-			if !trans[c] {
-				t.Logf("disabled %v", c.Name)
-			}
+	if trans, disabled := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls); len(disabled) != 0 {
+		for c, reason := range disabled {
+			t.Logf("disabled %v: %v", c.Name, reason)
 		}
 		t.Fatalf("can't create some resource")
+	} else if len(trans) != len(calls) {
+		t.Fatalf("transitive syscalls are not full")
+	} else {
+		for c, ok := range trans {
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("syscalls %v is false in transitive map", c.Name)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	delete(calls, target.SyscallMap["epoll_create"])
-	if trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls); len(calls) != len(trans) {
+	if trans, disabled := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls); len(disabled) != 0 || len(trans) != len(calls) {
 		t.Fatalf("still must be able to create epoll fd with epoll_create1")
 	}
 	delete(calls, target.SyscallMap["epoll_create1"])
-	trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
+	trans, disabled := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
 	if len(calls)-6 != len(trans) ||
 		trans[target.SyscallMap["epoll_ctl$EPOLL_CTL_ADD"]] ||
 		trans[target.SyscallMap["epoll_ctl$EPOLL_CTL_MOD"]] ||
@@ -55,6 +62,14 @@ func TestTransitivelyEnabledCalls(t *testing.T) {
 		trans[target.SyscallMap["kcmp$KCMP_EPOLL_TFD"]] {
 		t.Fatalf("epoll fd is not disabled")
 	}
+	if len(disabled) != 6 {
+		t.Fatalf("disabled %v syscalls, want 6", len(disabled))
+	}
+	for c, reason := range disabled {
+		if !strings.Contains(reason, "no syscalls can create resource fd_epoll, enable some syscalls that can create it [epoll_create epoll_create1]") {
+			t.Fatalf("%v: wrong disable reason: %v", c.Name, reason)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestClockGettime(t *testing.T) {
@@ -69,8 +84,9 @@ func TestClockGettime(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// Removal of clock_gettime should disable all calls that accept timespec/timeval.
 	delete(calls, target.SyscallMap["clock_gettime"])
-	trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
-	if len(trans)+10 > len(calls) {
-		t.Fatalf("clock_gettime did not disable enough calls: before %v, after %v", len(calls), len(trans))
+	trans, disabled := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
+	if len(trans)+10 > len(calls) || len(trans)+len(disabled) != len(calls) || len(trans) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("clock_gettime did not disable enough calls: before %v, after %v, disabled %v",
+			len(calls), len(trans), len(disabled))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/prog/resources.go b/prog/resources.go
index e6ef080cd1f..33c497d5ab4 100644
--- a/prog/resources.go
+++ b/prog/resources.go
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ func (c *Syscall) inputResources() []*ResourceType {
 	return resources
 }
 
-func (target *Target) TransitivelyEnabledCalls(enabled map[*Syscall]bool) map[*Syscall]bool {
+func (target *Target) TransitivelyEnabledCalls(enabled map[*Syscall]bool) (map[*Syscall]bool, map[*Syscall]string) {
 	supported := make(map[*Syscall]bool)
+	disabled := make(map[*Syscall]string)
 	for c := range enabled {
 		supported[c] = true
 	}
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ func (target *Target) TransitivelyEnabledCalls(enabled map[*Syscall]bool) map[*S
 		n := len(supported)
 		haveGettime := supported[target.SyscallMap["clock_gettime"]]
 		for c := range supported {
-			canCreate := true
+			cantCreate := ""
+			var resourceCtors []*Syscall
 			for _, res := range inputResources[c] {
 				noctors := true
 				for _, ctor := range ctors[res.Desc.Name] {
@@ -116,26 +118,33 @@ func (target *Target) TransitivelyEnabledCalls(enabled map[*Syscall]bool) map[*S
 					}
 				}
 				if noctors {
-					canCreate = false
+					cantCreate = res.Desc.Name
+					resourceCtors = ctors[res.Desc.Name]
 					break
 				}
 			}
 			// We need to support structs as resources,
 			// but for now we just special-case timespec/timeval.
-			if canCreate && !haveGettime {
+			if cantCreate == "" && !haveGettime {
 				ForeachType(c, func(typ Type) {
 					if a, ok := typ.(*StructType); ok && a.Dir() != DirOut && (a.Name() == "timespec" || a.Name() == "timeval") {
-						canCreate = false
+						cantCreate = a.Name()
+						resourceCtors = []*Syscall{target.SyscallMap["clock_gettime"]}
 					}
 				})
 			}
-			if !canCreate {
+			if cantCreate != "" {
 				delete(supported, c)
+				var ctorNames []string
+				for _, ctor := range resourceCtors {
+					ctorNames = append(ctorNames, ctor.Name)
+				}
+				disabled[c] = fmt.Sprintf("no syscalls can create resource %v, enable some syscalls that can create it %v", cantCreate, ctorNames)
 			}
 		}
 		if n == len(supported) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	return supported
+	return supported, disabled
 }
diff --git a/syz-fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/syz-fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 1701f74915d..bff1db56536 100644
--- a/syz-fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/syz-fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -404,12 +404,9 @@ func buildCallList(target *prog.Target, enabledCalls, sandbox string) map[*prog.
 		}
 	}
 
-	trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
-	for c := range calls {
-		if !trans[c] {
-			Logf(1, "transitively unsupported: %v", c.Name)
-			delete(calls, c)
-		}
+	calls, disabled := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
+	for c, reason := range disabled {
+		Logf(1, "transitively unsupported: %v: %v", c.Name, reason)
 	}
 	return calls
 }
diff --git a/syz-fuzzer/testing.go b/syz-fuzzer/testing.go
index 257d638550e..57906c40748 100644
--- a/syz-fuzzer/testing.go
+++ b/syz-fuzzer/testing.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func testImage(hostAddr string, target *prog.Target, sandbox string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("failed to detect supported syscalls: %v", err)
 	}
-	calls = target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
+	calls, _ = target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
 	Logf(0, "enabled syscalls: %v", len(calls))
 	if calls[target.SyscallMap["syz_emit_ethernet"]] ||
 		calls[target.SyscallMap["syz_extract_tcp_res"]] {
diff --git a/tools/syz-mutate/mutate.go b/tools/syz-mutate/mutate.go
index 4cf3401bc5c..73957c2465f 100644
--- a/tools/syz-mutate/mutate.go
+++ b/tools/syz-mutate/mutate.go
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ func main() {
 		for id := range syscallsIDs {
 			syscalls[target.Syscalls[id]] = true
 		}
-		trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(syscalls)
-		for c := range syscalls {
-			if !trans[c] {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "disabling %v\n", c.Name)
-				delete(syscalls, c)
-			}
+		var disabled map[*prog.Syscall]string
+		syscalls, disabled = target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(syscalls)
+		for c, reason := range disabled {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "disabling %v: %v\n", c.Name, reason)
 		}
 	}
 	seed := time.Now().UnixNano()
diff --git a/tools/syz-stress/stress.go b/tools/syz-stress/stress.go
index 73073c39266..2736c2f6ffd 100644
--- a/tools/syz-stress/stress.go
+++ b/tools/syz-stress/stress.go
@@ -148,14 +148,11 @@ func buildCallList(target *prog.Target) map[*prog.Syscall]bool {
 		}
 	}
 	for c, reason := range disabled {
-		Logf(0, "disabling unsupported syscall: %v: %v", c.Name, reason)
+		Logf(0, "unsupported syscall: %v: %v", c.Name, reason)
 	}
-	trans := target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
-	for c := range calls {
-		if !trans[c] {
-			Logf(0, "disabling transitively unsupported syscall: %v", c.Name)
-			delete(calls, c)
-		}
+	calls, disabled = target.TransitivelyEnabledCalls(calls)
+	for c, reason := range disabled {
+		Logf(0, "transitively unsupported: %v: %v", c.Name, reason)
 	}
 	return calls
 }