diff --git a/src/fsfw_hal/linux/spi/SpiComIF.cpp b/src/fsfw_hal/linux/spi/SpiComIF.cpp
index 2f84275e..059025c8 100644
--- a/src/fsfw_hal/linux/spi/SpiComIF.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw_hal/linux/spi/SpiComIF.cpp
@@ -195,9 +195,13 @@ ReturnValue_t SpiComIF::performRegularSendOperation(SpiCookie* spiCookie, const
     if (result != returnvalue::OK) {
 #if FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1
 #if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
-      sif::error << "SpiComIF::sendMessage: Failed to lock mutex with code "
-                 << "0x" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(4) << result << std::dec
-                 << std::endl;
+      if (result == MutexIF::MUTEX_TIMEOUT) {
+        sif::error << "SpiComIF::sendMessage: Lock timeout" << std::endl;
+      } else {
+        sif::error << "SpiComIF::sendMessage: Failed to lock mutex with code "
+                   << "0x" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(4) << result << std::dec
+                   << std::endl;
+      }
 #else
       sif::printError("SpiComIF::sendMessage: Failed to lock mutex with code %d\n", result);
 #endif