diff --git a/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in b/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in
index a6583ecef..4d267a279 100644
--- a/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in
+++ b/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ ${kadmin} ext -k ${keytab} ${server2}@${R2} || exit 1
 ${kadmin} add -p cross1 --use-defaults krbtgt/${R2}@${R} || exit 1
 ${kadmin} add -p cross2 --use-defaults krbtgt/${R}@${R2} || exit 1
 
+echo "Doing database check"
+${kadmin} check ${R} || exit 1
+${kadmin} check ${R2} || exit 1
 
+echo "Extracting enctypes"
 ${ktutil} -k ${keytab} list > tempfile || exit 1
 grep -ve '^FILE:' tempfile | grep -ve '^Vno' | \
     awk '/1/ !~ $1 { exit 1 }' || exit 1