diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 313538abe63ceaef860b0a9b6a86ceb64a134907..af4b23ffc5a659c4d515e706c66fe80b202c056e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -663,8 +663,10 @@ static void handle_transaction_done(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 		/* We got the flags from the SMI, now handle them. */
 		smi_info->handlers->get_result(smi_info->si_sm, msg, 4);
 		if (msg[2] != 0) {
-			dev_warn(smi_info->dev, "Could not enable interrupts"
-				 ", failed get, using polled mode.\n");
+			dev_warn(smi_info->dev,
+				 "Couldn't get irq info: %x.\n", msg[2]);
+			dev_warn(smi_info->dev,
+				 "Maybe ok, but ipmi might run very slowly.\n");
 			smi_info->si_state = SI_NORMAL;
 		} else {
 			msg[0] = (IPMI_NETFN_APP_REQUEST << 2);
@@ -685,10 +687,12 @@ static void handle_transaction_done(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 
 		/* We got the flags from the SMI, now handle them. */
 		smi_info->handlers->get_result(smi_info->si_sm, msg, 4);
-		if (msg[2] != 0)
-			dev_warn(smi_info->dev, "Could not enable interrupts"
-				 ", failed set, using polled mode.\n");
-		else
+		if (msg[2] != 0) {
+			dev_warn(smi_info->dev,
+				 "Couldn't set irq info: %x.\n", msg[2]);
+			dev_warn(smi_info->dev,
+				 "Maybe ok, but ipmi might run very slowly.\n");
+		} else
 			smi_info->interrupt_disabled = 0;
 		smi_info->si_state = SI_NORMAL;
 		break;