diff --git a/spec/components/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter_spec.rb b/spec/components/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter_spec.rb
index 80d0cce5bd7..94ff62c6fd7 100644
--- a/spec/components/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter_spec.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ describe ActiveRecord::ConnectionHandling do
     ActiveRecord::Base.unstub(:postgresql_connection)
 
     (Thread.list - @threads).each do |thread|
-      raise "Thread still running" unless thread.join(5)
+      unless thread.join(5)
+        raise "Thread still running: #{thread}"
+      end
     end
 
     ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection