diff --git a/modules/search_api_db/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/Database.php b/modules/search_api_db/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/Database.php
index 3ddf2a81..ffbcfc53 100644
--- a/modules/search_api_db/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/Database.php
+++ b/modules/search_api_db/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/Database.php
@@ -1025,6 +1025,10 @@ protected function fieldsUpdated(IndexInterface $index) {
     // The database operations might throw PDO or other exceptions, so we catch
     // them all and re-wrap them appropriately.
     catch (\Exception $e) {
+      $message = '%type: @message in %function (line %line of %file).';
+      $variables = \Drupal\Core\Utility\Error::decodeException($e);
+      $message = (string) new \Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup($message, $variables);
+      trigger_error($message, E_USER_ERROR);
       throw new SearchApiException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
     }
   }