diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp
index 1c314da5c34..90f2c4cbffc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapiparser.cpp
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static std::vector<Project> extractProjects(const QJsonArray &projects, QString
     for (const QJsonValue &v : projects) {
         const QJsonObject obj = v.toObject();
         if (obj.isEmpty()) {
+            qCDebug(cmakeFileApi) << "Empty project skipped!";
             errorMessage = QCoreApplication::translate(
                 "CMakeProjectManager::Internal",
                 "Invalid codemodel file generated by CMake: Empty project object.");
@@ -309,15 +310,15 @@ static std::vector<Project> extractProjects(const QJsonArray &projects, QString
         project.directories = indexList(obj.value("directoryIndexes"));
         project.targets = indexList(obj.value("targetIndexes"));
 
-        qCDebug(cmakeFileApi) << "Project read:" << project.name << project.directories;
-
         if (project.name.isEmpty() || project.directories.empty()) {
+            qCDebug(cmakeFileApi) << "Invalid project skipped!";
             errorMessage = QCoreApplication::translate(
                 "CMakeProjectManager::Internal",
                 "Invalid codemodel file generated by CMake: Broken project data.");
             continue;
         }
 
+        qCDebug(cmakeFileApi) << "Project read:" << project.name << project.directories;
         result.emplace_back(std::move(project));
     }
     return result;