diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cef3519b3bbb599b92dba293e3b72276d6c90e04..84c4040efa80d9a66cc98d681a7ecd676d862e03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 	if (!printed) {
 		printed++;
-		printk(KERN_ERR "CPU: Vendor unknown, using generic init.\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "CPU: vendor_id '%s' unknown, using generic init.\n", v);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "CPU: Your system may be unstable.\n");
 	}