diff --git a/internal/usbgadget/hid_keyboard.go b/internal/usbgadget/hid_keyboard.go
index 61b6115..c6134dd 100644
--- a/internal/usbgadget/hid_keyboard.go
+++ b/internal/usbgadget/hid_keyboard.go
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ func (u *UsbGadget) GetKeysDownState() KeysDownState {
 }
 
 func (u *UsbGadget) updateKeyDownState(state KeysDownState) {
+	u.log.Trace().Interface("old", u.keysDownState).Interface("new", state).Msg("acquiring keyboardStateLock for updateKeyDownState")
+
 	u.keyboardStateLock.Lock()
 	defer u.keyboardStateLock.Unlock()
 
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ func (u *UsbGadget) keyboardWriteHidFile(modifier byte, keys []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err := writeWithTimeout(u.keyboardHidFile, append([]byte{modifier, 0x00}, keys[:hidKeyBufferSize]...))
+	_, err := u.writeWithTimeout(u.keyboardHidFile, append([]byte{modifier, 0x00}, keys[:hidKeyBufferSize]...))
 	if err != nil {
 		u.logWithSuppression("keyboardWriteHidFile", 100, u.log, err, "failed to write to hidg0")
 		u.keyboardHidFile.Close()
diff --git a/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_absolute.go b/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_absolute.go
index 4f6f8d7..374844f 100644
--- a/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_absolute.go
+++ b/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_absolute.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (u *UsbGadget) absMouseWriteHidFile(data []byte) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, err := writeWithTimeout(u.absMouseHidFile, data)
+	_, err := u.writeWithTimeout(u.absMouseHidFile, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		u.logWithSuppression("absMouseWriteHidFile", 100, u.log, err, "failed to write to hidg1")
 		u.absMouseHidFile.Close()
diff --git a/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_relative.go b/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_relative.go
index 25ec2c1..070db6e 100644
--- a/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_relative.go
+++ b/internal/usbgadget/hid_mouse_relative.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (u *UsbGadget) relMouseWriteHidFile(data []byte) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, err := writeWithTimeout(u.relMouseHidFile, data)
+	_, err := u.writeWithTimeout(u.relMouseHidFile, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		u.logWithSuppression("relMouseWriteHidFile", 100, u.log, err, "failed to write to hidg2")
 		u.relMouseHidFile.Close()
diff --git a/internal/usbgadget/utils.go b/internal/usbgadget/utils.go
index 6c295d6..d51f9e4 100644
--- a/internal/usbgadget/utils.go
+++ b/internal/usbgadget/utils.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func compareFileContent(oldContent []byte, newContent []byte, looserMatch bool)
 	return false
 }
 
-func writeWithTimeout(file *os.File, data []byte) (n int, err error) {
+func (u *UsbGadget) writeWithTimeout(file *os.File, data []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if err := file.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(hidWriteTimeout)); err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ func writeWithTimeout(file *os.File, data []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	}
 
 	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded) {
+		u.logWithSuppression(
+			fmt.Sprintf("writeWithTimeout_%s", file.Name()),
+			1000,
+			u.log,
+			err,
+			"write timed out: %s",
+			file.Name(),
+		)
 		err = nil
 	}