diff --git a/lib/scanner/blockqueue.go b/lib/scanner/blockqueue.go
index 6acaa0ea7..7eaa60307 100644
--- a/lib/scanner/blockqueue.go
+++ b/lib/scanner/blockqueue.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (ph *parallelHasher) hashFiles(ctx context.Context) {
 
 			blocks, err := HashFile(ctx, ph.fs, f.Name, f.BlockSize(), ph.counter, true)
 			if err != nil {
-				l.Debugln("hash error:", f.Name, err)
+				handleError(ctx, "hashing", f.Name, err, ph.outbox)
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/lib/scanner/walk.go b/lib/scanner/walk.go
index 5bd2826da..06080425a 100644
--- a/lib/scanner/walk.go
+++ b/lib/scanner/walk.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (w *walker) walkAndHashFiles(ctx context.Context, toHashChan chan<- protoco
 		}
 
 		if !utf8.ValidString(path) {
-			w.handleError(ctx, "scan", path, errUTF8Invalid, finishedChan)
+			handleError(ctx, "scan", path, errUTF8Invalid, finishedChan)
 			return skip
 		}
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func (w *walker) walkAndHashFiles(ctx context.Context, toHashChan chan<- protoco
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
-			w.handleError(ctx, "scan", path, err, finishedChan)
+			handleError(ctx, "scan", path, err, finishedChan)
 			return skip
 		}
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (w *walker) walkAndHashFiles(ctx context.Context, toHashChan chan<- protoco
 			info, err = w.Filesystem.Lstat(ignoredParent)
 			// An error here would be weird as we've already gotten to this point, but act on it nonetheless
 			if err != nil {
-				w.handleError(ctx, "scan", ignoredParent, err, finishedChan)
+				handleError(ctx, "scan", ignoredParent, err, finishedChan)
 				return skip
 			}
 			if err = w.handleItem(ctx, ignoredParent, info, toHashChan, finishedChan, skip); err != nil {
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (w *walker) handleItem(ctx context.Context, path string, info fs.FileInfo,
 	oldPath := path
 	path, err := w.normalizePath(path, info)
 	if err != nil {
-		w.handleError(ctx, "normalizing path", oldPath, err, finishedChan)
+		handleError(ctx, "normalizing path", oldPath, err, finishedChan)
 		return skip
 	}
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ func (w *walker) walkSymlink(ctx context.Context, relPath string, info fs.FileIn
 
 	f, err := CreateFileInfo(info, relPath, w.Filesystem)
 	if err != nil {
-		w.handleError(ctx, "reading link:", relPath, err, finishedChan)
+		handleError(ctx, "reading link:", relPath, err, finishedChan)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func (w *walker) updateFileInfo(file, curFile protocol.FileInfo) protocol.FileIn
 	return file
 }
 
-func (w *walker) handleError(ctx context.Context, context, path string, err error, finishedChan chan<- ScanResult) {
+func handleError(ctx context.Context, context, path string, err error, finishedChan chan<- ScanResult) {
 	// Ignore missing items, as deletions are not handled by the scanner.
 	if fs.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return