diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 7e9bb2f27cb..fd8f05a46f6 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -1954,7 +1954,10 @@ void static ProcessOrphanTx(CConnman* connman, CTxMemPool& mempool, std::set<uin
                 if (MaybePunishNodeForTx(fromPeer, orphan_state)) {
                     setMisbehaving.insert(fromPeer);
                 }
-                LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL, "   invalid orphan tx %s\n", orphanHash.ToString());
+                LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL, "   invalid orphan tx %s from peer=%d. %s\n",
+                    orphanHash.ToString(),
+                    fromPeer,
+                    orphan_state.ToString());
             }
             // Has inputs but not accepted to mempool
             // Probably non-standard or insufficient fee
@@ -2801,8 +2804,7 @@ bool ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, const std::string& msg_type, CDataStream& vRec
         // peer simply for relaying a tx that our recentRejects has caught,
         // regardless of false positives.
 
-        if (state.IsInvalid())
-        {
+        if (state.IsInvalid()) {
             LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOLREJ, "%s from peer=%d was not accepted: %s\n", tx.GetHash().ToString(),
                 pfrom->GetId(),
                 state.ToString());
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 8a454c8d1b1..4a76605bb51 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -569,8 +569,9 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::PreChecks(ATMPArgs& args, Workspace& ws)
     CAmount& nConflictingFees = ws.m_conflicting_fees;
     size_t& nConflictingSize = ws.m_conflicting_size;
 
-    if (!CheckTransaction(tx, state))
+    if (!CheckTransaction(tx, state)) {
         return false; // state filled in by CheckTransaction
+    }
 
     // Coinbase is only valid in a block, not as a loose transaction
     if (tx.IsCoinBase())
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::PreChecks(ATMPArgs& args, Workspace& ws)
 
     CAmount nFees = 0;
     if (!Consensus::CheckTxInputs(tx, state, m_view, GetSpendHeight(m_view), nFees)) {
-        return error("%s: Consensus::CheckTxInputs: %s, %s", __func__, tx.GetHash().ToString(), state.ToString());
+        return false; // state filled in by CheckTxInputs
     }
 
     // Check for non-standard pay-to-script-hash in inputs