diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 0505ea5b002fa53c2aba0c208f9bdf77cc496ea8..4ac77456e830082891d27719ba193516b4571c11 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int __init dma_channel_table_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (err) {
-		pr_err("initialization failure\n");
+		pr_err("dmaengine dma_channel_table_init failure: %d\n", err);
 		for_each_dma_cap_mask(cap, dma_cap_mask_all)
 			free_percpu(channel_table[cap]);
 	}