diff --git a/libavfilter/vsrc_mandelbrot.c b/libavfilter/vsrc_mandelbrot.c
index 21b78cdabf..b52ac031f3 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vsrc_mandelbrot.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vsrc_mandelbrot.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static void draw_mandelbrot(AVFilterContext *ctx, uint32_t *color, int linesize,
     }
     FFSWAP(void*, mb->next_cache, mb->point_cache);
     mb->cache_used = next_cidx;
+    if(mb->cache_used == mb->cache_allocated)
+        av_log(0, AV_LOG_INFO, "Mandelbrot cache is too small!\n");
 }
 
 static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *link)