diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index c5b9687091f44b21b2fa41fa66e65d3ab3d3ce42..68151271283ce1923b32dbd59221e48782929fde 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -13526,7 +13526,7 @@ static void intel_atomic_wait_for_vblanks(struct drm_device *dev,
 					drm_crtc_vblank_count(crtc),
 				msecs_to_jiffies(50));
 
-		WARN_ON(!lret);
+		WARN(!lret, "pipe %c vblank wait timed out\n", pipe_name(pipe));
 
 		drm_crtc_vblank_put(crtc);
 	}