diff --git a/sr_port/tp_restart.c b/sr_port/tp_restart.c
index 57801255a..c7abadc7a 100644
--- a/sr_port/tp_restart.c
+++ b/sr_port/tp_restart.c
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ int tp_restart(int newlevel, boolean_t handle_errors_internally)
 			{
 				gvname_mstr.addr = (char *)gvname_dirtree;
 				gvname_mstr.len = gvname_dirtree_len;
+			} else if ((cdb_sc_blkmod == status) && (tp_blkmod_tp_tend == TREF(blkmod_fail_type)))
+			{	/* This is a BLKMOD restart with type tp_blkmod_tp_tend (note that we cannot check
+				 * TREF(blkmod_fail_type) unless it is a cdb_sc_blkmod). In tp_tend, "gv_currkey"
+				 * does not make sense as the validation there could have failed for a GDS block
+				 * corresponding to one or more global references that happened in the TP transaction
+				 * much before the TCOMMIT. All we can do is provide the unsubscripted global name of
+				 * interest in the TPRESTART syslog message.
+				 */
+				gvname_mstr = gvt->gvname.var_name;
 			} else
 			{
 				if (NULL == (end = format_targ_key(buff, MAX_ZWR_KEY_SZ, gv_currkey, TRUE)))