diff --git a/selfdrive/loggerd/loggerd.cc b/selfdrive/loggerd/loggerd.cc
index 0ffe72747b..9ae49fb3b9 100644
--- a/selfdrive/loggerd/loggerd.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/loggerd/loggerd.cc
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   if (do_exit.power_failure) {
     LOGE("power failure");
     sync();
+    LOGE("sync done");
   }
 
   // messaging cleanup