diff --git a/checker/checker.go b/checker/checker.go
index 845d919c9..dc2d88c8c 100644
--- a/checker/checker.go
+++ b/checker/checker.go
@@ -505,13 +505,12 @@ func (c *Checker) Structure(errChan chan<- error, done <-chan struct{}) {
 	treeIDChan := make(chan backend.ID)
 	treeJobChan1 := make(chan treeJob)
 	treeJobChan2 := make(chan treeJob)
-	treeErrChan := make(chan TreeError)
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	for i := 0; i < defaultParallelism; i++ {
 		wg.Add(2)
 		go loadTreeWorker(c.repo, treeIDChan, treeJobChan1, done, &wg)
-		go c.checkTreeWorker(treeJobChan2, treeErrChan, done, &wg)
+		go c.checkTreeWorker(treeJobChan2, errChan, done, &wg)
 	}
 
 	filterTrees(trees, treeIDChan, treeJobChan1, treeJobChan2, done)
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
index d47de1c7b..0d5993845 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
@@ -79,7 +79,14 @@ func (cmd CmdCheck) Execute(args []string) error {
 
 	for err := range errChan {
 		errorsFound = true
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
+		if e, ok := err.(checker.TreeError); ok {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error for tree %v:\n", e.ID.Str())
+			for _, treeErr := range e.Errors {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  %v\n", treeErr)
+			}
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, id := range chkr.UnusedBlobs() {