diff --git a/src/pretix/api/views/checkin.py b/src/pretix/api/views/checkin.py
index e26297e3c5..60eb79ee0c 100644
--- a/src/pretix/api/views/checkin.py
+++ b/src/pretix/api/views/checkin.py
@@ -163,13 +163,29 @@ class CheckinListViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
         kwargs = {}
 
-        if not serializer.validated_data.get('position'):
-            kwargs['position'] = OrderPosition.all.filter(
+        clist = self.get_object()
+
+        if not serializer.validated_data.get('position') and 'events_and_checkin_lists' in self.request.data:
+            # an offline checkin failed, let's see whether a ticket with the given secret actually exists and just
+            # was not synced in time, so we can enrich the log message
+            candidate_position = OrderPosition.all.filter(
                 organizer=self.request.organizer,
                 secret=serializer.validated_data['raw_barcode']
             ).first()
+            if candidate_position.event.pk != clist.event.pk:
+                try:
+                    list_id = next(list_id for event_slug, list_id in self.request.data['events_and_checkin_lists']
+                                   if event_slug == candidate_position.event.slug)
+                except StopIteration:  # ignore if candidate position's event was not active on device
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        clist = candidate_position.event.checkin_lists.get(pk=list_id)
+                    except CheckinList.DoesNotExist:  # ignore if list deleted in between
+                        pass
+            if candidate_position.event.pk == clist.event.pk:
+                kwargs['position'] = candidate_position
 
-        clist = self.get_object()
         if serializer.validated_data.get('nonce'):
             if kwargs.get('position'):
                 prev = kwargs['position'].all_checkins.filter(nonce=serializer.validated_data['nonce']).first()