diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/utils/common/common.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/utils/common/common.go
index de9f509598..0e454af633 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/utils/common/common.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/utils/common/common.go
@@ -453,9 +453,7 @@ OuterLoop:
 
 	cfg := config.NewDefaultConfiguration()
 	if err := ctx.AddImageInfos(c.Resource, cfg); err != nil {
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Log.Error(err, "failed to add image variables to context")
-		}
+		log.Log.Error(err, "failed to add image variables to context")
 	}
 
 	gvk, subresource := updatedResource.GroupVersionKind(), ""
diff --git a/pkg/utils/api/image.go b/pkg/utils/api/image.go
index 260b803c2f..8e3107ed20 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/api/image.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/api/image.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func extract(obj interface{}, path []string, keyPath, valuePath string, fields [
 			value = resultStr
 		}
 		if imageInfo, err := imageutils.GetImageInfo(value, cfg); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid image %s", value)
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid image %s (%s)", value, err.Error())
 		} else {
 			(*imageInfos)[key] = ImageInfo{*imageInfo, pointer}
 		}