diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/TransformOps/LinalgTransformOps.cpp
@@ -915,8 +915,10 @@
   while (!remainingProducers.empty()) {
     auto nextProducer = getNextProducer();
     if (failed(nextProducer)) {
-      return mlir::emitSilenceableFailure(containingOp->getLoc())
+      auto diag = mlir::emitSilenceableFailure(getLoc())
              << "could not find next producer to fuse into container";
+      diag.attachNote(containingOp->getLoc()) << "containing op";
+      return diag;
     }
 
     Operation *producerOp = *nextProducer;