diff --git a/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesBase.java b/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesBase.java
index f06e414c..754a32c9 100644
--- a/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesBase.java
+++ b/enforcer-rules/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesBase.java
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ protected boolean validate(
             rootFailed = !validate(artifact);
         }
         StringBuilder childMessageBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-        if (rootFailed
-                || !node.getChildren().stream()
+        if (!node.getChildren().stream()
                         .map(childNode -> validate(childNode, level + 1, childMessageBuilder, visitedArtifacts))
-                        .reduce(true, Boolean::logicalAnd)) {
+                        .reduce(true, Boolean::logicalAnd)
+                || rootFailed) {
             messageBuilder
                     .append(StringUtils.repeat("   ", level))
                     .append(ArtifactUtils.toArtifact(node).getId());
diff --git a/enforcer-rules/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesTest.java b/enforcer-rules/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesTest.java
index e0ecf8ae..aba6d501 100644
--- a/enforcer-rules/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesTest.java
+++ b/enforcer-rules/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/enforcer/rules/dependency/BannedDependenciesTest.java
@@ -171,6 +171,39 @@ void excludesAndIncludesUseTransitiveDependencies() throws Exception {
                 .hasMessageNotContaining("childAB");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void excludesReportsRootAndTransitiveDependencies() throws Exception {
+
+        when(resolverUtil.resolveTransitiveDependenciesVerbose(anyList()))
+                .thenReturn(new DependencyNodeBuilder()
+                        .withType(DependencyNodeBuilder.Type.POM)
+                        .withChildNode(new DependencyNodeBuilder()
+                                .withArtifactId("childA")
+                                .withVersion("1.0.0")
+                                .withChildNode(new DependencyNodeBuilder()
+                                        .withType(DependencyNodeBuilder.Type.WAR)
+                                        .withArtifactId("childAA")
+                                        .withVersion("1.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+                                        .withChildNode(new DependencyNodeBuilder()
+                                                .withType(DependencyNodeBuilder.Type.WAR)
+                                                .withArtifactId("childAAA")
+                                                .withVersion("1.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+                                                .build())
+                                        .build())
+                                .build())
+                        .build());
+
+        rule.setSearchTransitive(true);
+        rule.setExcludes(Collections.singletonList("*:*:*:war"));
+
+        assertThatCode(rule::execute)
+                .isInstanceOf(EnforcerRuleException.class)
+                .hasMessageContaining(
+                        "default-group:childAA:war:classifier:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT <--- banned via the exclude/include list")
+                .hasMessageContaining(
+                        "default-group:childAAA:war:classifier:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT <--- banned via the exclude/include list");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void invalidExcludeFormat() throws Exception {
         rule.setSearchTransitive(false);