diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c
index 37c88eb55873792250d74ac22455ee5cdcab93af..ca6666b51ccb6d2a9f79cf8244b5f172a91a92e0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ typedef enum {
 	ISOLATE_NONE
 } isolate_status_t;
 
+typedef enum {
+	MCA_NOT_RECOVERED = 0,
+	MCA_RECOVERED	  = 1
+} recovery_status_t;
+
 /*
  *  This pool keeps pointers to the section part of SAL error record
  */
@@ -71,6 +76,18 @@ static struct {
 	int	     max_idx; /* Maximum index of section pointer list pool */
 } slidx_pool;
 
+static int
+fatal_mca(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vprintk(fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return MCA_NOT_RECOVERED;
+}
+
 /**
  * mca_page_isolate - isolate a poisoned page in order not to use it later
  * @paddr:	poisoned memory location
@@ -424,7 +441,7 @@ recover_from_read_error(slidx_table_t *slidx,
 
 	/* Is target address valid? */
 	if (!pbci->tv)
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: target address not valid\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * cpu read or memory-mapped io read
@@ -442,7 +459,7 @@ recover_from_read_error(slidx_table_t *slidx,
 
 	/* Is minstate valid? */
 	if (!peidx_bottom(peidx) || !(peidx_bottom(peidx)->valid.minstate))
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: minstate not valid\n");
 	psr1 =(struct ia64_psr *)&(peidx_minstate_area(peidx)->pmsa_ipsr);
 	psr2 =(struct ia64_psr *)&(peidx_minstate_area(peidx)->pmsa_xpsr);
 
@@ -476,12 +493,13 @@ recover_from_read_error(slidx_table_t *slidx,
 			psr2->bn  = 1;
 			psr2->i  = 0;
 
-			return 1;
+			return MCA_RECOVERED;
 		}
 
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: kernel context not recovered,"
+			  " iip 0x%lx\n", pmsa->pmsa_iip);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -567,13 +585,13 @@ recover_from_processor_error(int platform, slidx_table_t *slidx,
 	 * The machine check is corrected.
 	 */
 	if (psp->cm == 1)
-		return 1;
+		return MCA_RECOVERED;
 
 	/*
 	 * The error was not contained.  Software must be reset.
 	 */
 	if (psp->us || psp->ci == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: error not contained\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * The cache check and bus check bits have four possible states
@@ -584,20 +602,22 @@ recover_from_processor_error(int platform, slidx_table_t *slidx,
 	 *    1  1	Memory error, attempt recovery
 	 */
 	if (psp->bc == 0 || pbci == NULL)
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: No bus check\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * Sorry, we cannot handle so many.
 	 */
 	if (peidx_bus_check_num(peidx) > 1)
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: Too many bus checks\n");
 	/*
 	 * Well, here is only one bus error.
 	 */
-	if (pbci->ib || pbci->cc)
-		return 0;
+	if (pbci->ib)
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: Internal Bus error\n");
+	if (pbci->cc)
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: Cache-cache error\n");
 	if (pbci->eb && pbci->bsi > 0)
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: External bus check fatal status\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * This is a local MCA and estimated as recoverble external bus error.
@@ -609,7 +629,7 @@ recover_from_processor_error(int platform, slidx_table_t *slidx,
 	/*
 	 * On account of strange SAL error record, we cannot recover.
 	 */
-	return 0;
+	return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: Strange SAL record\n");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -638,12 +658,10 @@ mca_try_to_recover(void *rec, struct ia64_sal_os_state *sos)
 
 	 /* Now, OS can recover when there is one processor error section */
 	if (n_proc_err > 1)
-		return 0;
-	else if (n_proc_err == 0) {
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: Too Many Errors\n");
+	else if (n_proc_err == 0)
 		/* Weird SAL record ... We need not to recover */
-
-		return 1;
-	}
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: Weird SAL record\n");
 
 	/* Make index of processor error section */
 	mca_make_peidx((sal_log_processor_info_t*)
@@ -654,7 +672,7 @@ mca_try_to_recover(void *rec, struct ia64_sal_os_state *sos)
 
 	/* Check whether MCA is global or not */
 	if (is_mca_global(&peidx, &pbci, sos))
-		return 0;
+		return fatal_mca(KERN_ALERT "MCA: global MCA\n");
 	
 	/* Try to recover a processor error */
 	return recover_from_processor_error(platform_err, &slidx, &peidx,