diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 841d8b6323a8..93d4fbfdb724 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -389,5 +389,22 @@ void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, int sig)
 	}
 
 	/* kernel has accessed a bad area */
+
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request for ");
+	switch (regs->trap) {
+		case 0x300:
+		case 0x380:
+			printk("data at address 0x%08lx\n", regs->dar);
+			break;
+		case 0x400:
+		case 0x480:
+			printk("instruction fetch\n");
+			break;
+		default:
+			printk("unknown fault\n");
+	}
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "Faulting instruction address: 0x%08lx\n",
+		regs->nip);
+
 	die("Kernel access of bad area", regs, sig);
 }