diff --git a/src/hyperv/layer.rs b/src/hyperv/layer.rs
index bf1b697..e630f36 100644
--- a/src/hyperv/layer.rs
+++ b/src/hyperv/layer.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl HypervLayer {
     /// For .bin files, optionally loads CPU state from a companion .vsv file (future).
     pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
         let file = fs::File::open(path)?;
-        let mmap = crate::utils::mmap_file(&file)?;
+        let mmap = crate::utils::mmap_file(&file, path)?;
         let size = mmap.len() as u64;
 
         // Sanity check: .bin files should be at least a few MB (VM RAM)
diff --git a/src/qemu/layer.rs b/src/qemu/layer.rs
index 2ed3929..2d2ca07 100644
--- a/src/qemu/layer.rs
+++ b/src/qemu/layer.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl QemuElfLayer {
     /// Open a QEMU ELF core dump file (.elf or any extension).
     pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
         let file = fs::File::open(path)?;
-        let mmap = crate::utils::mmap_file(&file)?;
+        let mmap = crate::utils::mmap_file(&file, path)?;
 
         if mmap.len() < ELF64_EHDR_SIZE {
             return Err(VmkatzError::InvalidMagic(0));
diff --git a/src/qemu/savevm.rs b/src/qemu/savevm.rs
index 6b95257..357a57b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/savevm.rs
+++ b/src/qemu/savevm.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl QemuSavevmLayer {
     /// Supports both regular files and block devices (LVM volumes on Proxmox).
     pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
         let file = fs::File::open(path)?;
-        let mmap = crate::utils::mmap_file(&file)?;
+        let mmap = crate::utils::mmap_file(&file, path)?;
 
         if mmap.len() < 16 {
             return Err(VmkatzError::InvalidMagic(0));
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 1d6200c..30928d4 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ pub fn read_file_header(file: &std::fs::File, max_bytes: usize) -> std::io::Resu
 /// Open a file as MappedFile: tries mmap first, falls back to pread on failure.
 /// Handles block devices where fstat returns size 0.
 #[cfg(any(feature = "vmware", feature = "qemu", feature = "hyperv"))]
-pub fn mmap_file(file: &std::fs::File) -> std::io::Result<MappedFile> {
+pub fn mmap_file(file: &std::fs::File, path: &std::path::Path) -> std::io::Result<MappedFile> {
     use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom};
     let mut f = file.try_clone()?;
     let size = f.seek(SeekFrom::End(0))?;
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ pub fn mmap_file(file: &std::fs::File) -> std::io::Result<MappedFile> {
         Ok(m) => Ok(MappedFile::Mmap(m)),
         Err(mmap_err) => {
             eprintln!(
-                "[!] mmap failed ({:.1} MB): {} — falling back to file I/O (slower)",
+                "[!] mmap failed for '{}' ({:.1} MB): {} — falling back to file I/O (slower)",
+                path.display(),
                 size as f64 / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
                 mmap_err,
             );
diff --git a/src/vmware/layer.rs b/src/vmware/layer.rs
index 35a022f..a2337f3 100644
--- a/src/vmware/layer.rs
+++ b/src/vmware/layer.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl VmwareLayer {
         };
 
         let vmem_file = fs::File::open(&vmem_path)?;
-        let data = crate::utils::mmap_file(&vmem_file)?;
+        let data = crate::utils::mmap_file(&vmem_file, &vmem_path)?;
         log::info!(
             "VMEM loaded: {} bytes ({} MB)",
             data.len(),
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ impl VmwareLayer {
     /// Parse a .vmsn file and return (regions, tags).
     fn parse_vmsn_metadata(vmsn_path: &Path) -> Result<(Vec<MemoryRegion>, Vec<Tag>)> {
         let vmsn_file = fs::File::open(vmsn_path)?;
-        let vmsn_mapped = crate::utils::mmap_file(&vmsn_file)?;
+        let vmsn_mapped = crate::utils::mmap_file(&vmsn_file, vmsn_path)?;
 
         // For mmap: use the mapping directly. For pread fallback: read the header
         // portion (first 8 MB covers all tag structures) for slice-based parsing.