diff --git a/devices/src/ivshmem.rs b/devices/src/ivshmem.rs
index 932e0d9eb..c913f9fe4 100644
--- a/devices/src/ivshmem.rs
+++ b/devices/src/ivshmem.rs
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ pub enum IvshmemError {
     #[error("Failed to remove user memory region")]
     RemoveUserMemoryRegion,
     #[error("Failed to create user memory region.")]
-    CreateUserMemoryRegion,
+    CreateUserMemoryRegion(#[source] anyhow::Error),
     #[error("Failed to create userspace mapping.")]
-    CreateUserspaceMapping,
+    CreateUserspaceMapping(#[source] anyhow::Error),
     #[error("Failed to remove old userspace mapping.")]
-    RemoveUserspaceMapping,
+    RemoveUserspaceMapping(#[source] anyhow::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index 3b677fa2f..5c6056d11 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -5372,7 +5372,7 @@ impl IvshmemOps for IvshmemHandler {
             None,
             false,
         )
-        .map_err(|_| IvshmemError::CreateUserMemoryRegion)?;
+        .map_err(|e| IvshmemError::CreateUserMemoryRegion(e.into()))?;
         let mem_slot = {
             let mut manager = self.memory_manager.lock().unwrap();
             // SAFETY: guaranteed by MmapRegion invariants
@@ -5387,7 +5387,7 @@ impl IvshmemOps for IvshmemHandler {
                 )
             }
         }
-        .map_err(|_| IvshmemError::CreateUserspaceMapping)?;
+        .map_err(|e| IvshmemError::CreateUserspaceMapping(e.into()))?;
         let region = Arc::new(region);
         let mapping = UserspaceMapping {
             mapping: region.clone(),
@@ -5410,7 +5410,7 @@ impl IvshmemOps for IvshmemHandler {
                 mapping.mem_slot,
             )
         }
-        .map_err(|_| IvshmemError::RemoveUserspaceMapping)?;
+        .map_err(|e| IvshmemError::RemoveUserspaceMapping(e.into()))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }