diff --git a/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Derivative/FieldBlockDeriver.php b/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Derivative/FieldBlockDeriver.php
index 8c888663d7..9dc935d701 100644
--- a/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Derivative/FieldBlockDeriver.php
+++ b/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Derivative/FieldBlockDeriver.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldConfigInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldTypePluginManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterPluginManager;
+use Drupal\Core\Logger\LoggerChannelTrait;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Context\ContextDefinition;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Context\EntityContextDefinition;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDeriverInterface;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 class FieldBlockDeriver extends DeriverBase implements ContainerDeriverInterface {
 
   use StringTranslationTrait;
+  use LoggerChannelTrait;
 
   /**
    * The entity type repository.
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ public function getDerivativeDefinitions($base_plugin_definition) {
           $derivative = $base_plugin_definition;
           $field_definitions = $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldDefinitions($entity_type_id, $bundle);
           if (empty($field_definitions[$field_name])) {
+            $this->getLogger('field')->error('Field %field_name exists but is missing a corresponding field definition and may be misconfigured.', ['%field_name' => "$entity_type_id.$bundle.$field_name"]);
             continue;
           }
           $field_definition = $field_definitions[$field_name];