diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
index cd3dd8cc5c..c4fbc37c74 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
@@ -2036,7 +2036,8 @@ XLogRecGetBlockData(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, Size *len)
 /*
  * Restore a full-page image from a backup block attached to an XLOG record.
  *
- * Returns true if a full-page image is restored.
+ * Returns true if a full-page image is restored, and false on failure with
+ * an error to be consumed by the caller.
  */
 bool
 RestoreBlockImage(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, char *page)
@@ -2047,9 +2048,20 @@ RestoreBlockImage(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, char *page)
 
 	if (block_id > record->record->max_block_id ||
 		!record->record->blocks[block_id].in_use)
+	{
+		report_invalid_record(record,
+							  "could not restore image at %X/%X with invalid block %d specified",
+							  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(record->ReadRecPtr),
+							  block_id);
 		return false;
+	}
 	if (!record->record->blocks[block_id].has_image)
+	{
+		report_invalid_record(record, "could not restore image at %X/%X with invalid state, block %d",
+							  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(record->ReadRecPtr),
+							  block_id);
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	bkpb = &record->record->blocks[block_id];
 	ptr = bkpb->bkp_image;
@@ -2072,7 +2084,7 @@ RestoreBlockImage(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, char *page)
 									bkpb->bimg_len, BLCKSZ - bkpb->hole_length) <= 0)
 				decomp_success = false;
 #else
-			report_invalid_record(record, "image at %X/%X compressed with %s not supported by build, block %d",
+			report_invalid_record(record, "could not restore image at %X/%X compressed with %s not supported by build, block %d",
 								  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(record->ReadRecPtr),
 								  "LZ4",
 								  block_id);
@@ -2089,7 +2101,7 @@ RestoreBlockImage(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, char *page)
 			if (ZSTD_isError(decomp_result))
 				decomp_success = false;
 #else
-			report_invalid_record(record, "image at %X/%X compressed with %s not supported by build, block %d",
+			report_invalid_record(record, "could not restore image at %X/%X compressed with %s not supported by build, block %d",
 								  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(record->ReadRecPtr),
 								  "zstd",
 								  block_id);
@@ -2098,7 +2110,7 @@ RestoreBlockImage(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, char *page)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			report_invalid_record(record, "image at %X/%X compressed with unknown method, block %d",
+			report_invalid_record(record, "could not restore image at %X/%X compressed with unknown method, block %d",
 								  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(record->ReadRecPtr),
 								  block_id);
 			return false;
@@ -2106,7 +2118,7 @@ RestoreBlockImage(XLogReaderState *record, uint8 block_id, char *page)
 
 		if (!decomp_success)
 		{
-			report_invalid_record(record, "invalid compressed image at %X/%X, block %d",
+			report_invalid_record(record, "could not decompress image at %X/%X, block %d",
 								  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(record->ReadRecPtr),
 								  block_id);
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c
index ae2af5ae3d..9a80084a68 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c
@@ -2412,7 +2412,9 @@ verifyBackupPageConsistency(XLogReaderState *record)
 		 * can be directly applied on it.
 		 */
 		if (!RestoreBlockImage(record, block_id, primary_image_masked))
-			elog(ERROR, "failed to restore block image");
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+					 errmsg_internal("%s", record->errormsg_buf)));
 
 		/*
 		 * If masking function is defined, mask both the primary and replay
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
index 0cda22597f..e60951a5fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
@@ -393,7 +393,9 @@ XLogReadBufferForRedoExtended(XLogReaderState *record,
 									  prefetch_buffer);
 		page = BufferGetPage(*buf);
 		if (!RestoreBlockImage(record, block_id, page))
-			elog(ERROR, "failed to restore block image");
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+					 errmsg_internal("%s", record->errormsg_buf)));
 
 		/*
 		 * The page may be uninitialized. If so, we can't set the LSN because