diff --git a/tools/travis/production-helper b/tools/travis/production-helper
index 1bfab8c19f..4ad0888c99 100755
--- a/tools/travis/production-helper
+++ b/tools/travis/production-helper
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ fi
 
 echo; echo "Now running RabbitMQ consumer Nagios tests"; echo
 for consumer in notify_tornado user_activity user_activity_interval user_presence invites signups message_sender feedback_messages error_reports digest_emails email_mirror missedmessage_mobile_notifications; do
-    /home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/nagios/write-rabbitmq-consumers-state-file "$consumer"
+    if ! /home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/nagios/write-rabbitmq-consumers-state-file "$consumer"; then
+        # Temporary section while we're debugging why this fails nondeterministically in CI
+        STATE_DIR=/var/lib/nagios_state
+        ls "$STATE_DIR"
+        cat "$STATE_DIR"/*
+        /home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/nagios/write-rabbitmq-consumers-state-file "$consumer"
+    fi
     if ! /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_rabbitmq_consumers "$consumer"; then
         set +x
         echo