diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 2185377fdde118424aaa36b3b3d8c36498373161..0480454ebffa6808d09735ecb3bf85232c1400ac 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs * regs)
 
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		printk(" ESP: %04x:%08lx",0xffff & regs->xss,regs->esp);
-	printk(" EFLAGS: %08lx    %s  (%s)\n",
-	       regs->eflags, print_tainted(), system_utsname.release);
+	printk(" EFLAGS: %08lx    %s  (%s %.*s)\n",
+	       regs->eflags, print_tainted(), system_utsname.release,
+	       (int)strcspn(system_utsname.version, " "),
+	       system_utsname.version);
 	printk("EAX: %08lx EBX: %08lx ECX: %08lx EDX: %08lx\n",
 		regs->eax,regs->ebx,regs->ecx,regs->edx);
 	printk("ESI: %08lx EDI: %08lx EBP: %08lx",
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
index b85c9e88427dd5f9384cd9da2996191777345da9..b814dbdcc91e58b06c140ff1a099f223c2212768 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
@@ -240,9 +240,11 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 	print_modules();
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "CPU:    %d\nEIP:    %04x:[<%08lx>]    %s VLI\n"
-			"EFLAGS: %08lx   (%s) \n",
+			"EFLAGS: %08lx   (%s %.*s) \n",
 		smp_processor_id(), 0xffff & regs->xcs, regs->eip,
-		print_tainted(), regs->eflags, system_utsname.release);
+		print_tainted(), regs->eflags, system_utsname.release,
+		(int)strcspn(system_utsname.version, " "),
+		system_utsname.version);
 	print_symbol(KERN_EMERG "EIP is at %s\n", regs->eip);
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "eax: %08lx   ebx: %08lx   ecx: %08lx   edx: %08lx\n",
 		regs->eax, regs->ebx, regs->ecx, regs->edx);