diff --git a/RecoLocalTracker/SiPixelClusterizer/plugins/SiPixelRawToClusterGPUKernel.cu b/RecoLocalTracker/SiPixelClusterizer/plugins/SiPixelRawToClusterGPUKernel.cu
index 39be1188e6c68..49575f968e73b 100644
--- a/RecoLocalTracker/SiPixelClusterizer/plugins/SiPixelRawToClusterGPUKernel.cu
+++ b/RecoLocalTracker/SiPixelClusterizer/plugins/SiPixelRawToClusterGPUKernel.cu
@@ -331,12 +331,13 @@ namespace pixelgpudetails {
 
       // check for spurious channels
       if (roc > MAX_ROC or link > MAX_LINK) {
+        uint32_t rawId = getRawId(cablingMap, fedId, link, 1).rawId;
         if constexpr (debug) {
-          printf("spurious roc %d found on link %d, detector %d (index %d)\n",
-                 roc,
-                 link,
-                 getRawId(cablingMap, fedId, link, 1).rawId,
-                 gIndex);
+          printf("spurious roc %d found on link %d, detector %d (index %d)\n", roc, link, rawId, gIndex);
+        }
+        if (roc > MAX_ROC and roc < 25) {
+          uint8_t error = conversionError<debug>(fedId, 2);
+          err->push_back(SiPixelErrorCompact{rawId, ww, error, fedId});
         }
         continue;
       }