diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -2546,8 +2546,10 @@
             if (orphan_state.IsInvalid()) {
                 // Punish peer that gave us an invalid orphan tx
                 MaybePunishNodeForTx(fromPeer, orphan_state);
-                LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL, "   invalid orphan tx %s\n",
-                         orphanTxId.ToString());
+                LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL,
+                         "   invalid orphan tx %s from peer=%d. %s\n",
+                         orphanTxId.ToString(), fromPeer,
+                         orphan_state.ToString());
             }
             // Has inputs but not accepted to mempool
             // Probably non-standard or insufficient fee
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@
     Amount nFees = Amount::zero();
     if (!Consensus::CheckTxInputs(tx, state, m_view, GetSpendHeight(m_view),
                                   nFees)) {
-        return error("%s: Consensus::CheckTxInputs: %s, %s", __func__,
-                     tx.GetId().ToString(), state.ToString());
+        // state filled in by CheckTxInputs
+        return false;
     }
 
     // Check for non-standard pay-to-script-hash in inputs