diff --git a/etcdserver/apply.go b/etcdserver/apply.go
index 25e50ebbb25..1838e331a9d 100644
--- a/etcdserver/apply.go
+++ b/etcdserver/apply.go
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ func (a *applierV3backend) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *applyResult {
 	ar := &applyResult{}
 	defer func(start time.Time) {
 		warnOfExpensiveRequest(a.s.getLogger(), start, &pb.InternalRaftStringer{Request: r}, ar.resp, ar.err)
+		if ar.err != nil {
+			warnOfFailedRequest(a.s.getLogger(), start, &pb.InternalRaftStringer{Request: r}, ar.resp, ar.err)
+		}
 	}(time.Now())
 
 	// call into a.s.applyV3.F instead of a.F so upper appliers can check individual calls
diff --git a/etcdserver/util.go b/etcdserver/util.go
index 609d1995994..883e14f0fb5 100644
--- a/etcdserver/util.go
+++ b/etcdserver/util.go
@@ -111,6 +111,21 @@ func warnOfExpensiveRequest(lg *zap.Logger, now time.Time, reqStringer fmt.Strin
 	warnOfExpensiveGenericRequest(lg, now, reqStringer, "", resp, err)
 }
 
+func warnOfFailedRequest(lg *zap.Logger, now time.Time, reqStringer fmt.Stringer, respMsg proto.Message, err error) {
+	var resp string
+	if !isNil(respMsg) {
+		resp = fmt.Sprintf("size:%d", proto.Size(respMsg))
+	}
+	d := time.Since(now)
+	lg.Warn(
+		"failed to apply request",
+		zap.Duration("took", d),
+		zap.String("request", reqStringer.String()),
+		zap.String("response", resp),
+		zap.Error(err),
+	)
+}
+
 func warnOfExpensiveReadOnlyTxnRequest(lg *zap.Logger, now time.Time, r *pb.TxnRequest, txnResponse *pb.TxnResponse, err error) {
 	reqStringer := pb.NewLoggableTxnRequest(r)
 	var resp string