diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda1004x.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda1004x.c
index 49973846373e843b5fc4d64e6aa97b14922f3a45..3993d1ce334aa9dd3ffe12a4332baddef71da0b6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda1004x.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda1004x.c
@@ -1248,11 +1248,14 @@ struct dvb_frontend* tda10045_attach(const struct tda1004x_config* config,
 				     struct i2c_adapter* i2c)
 {
 	struct tda1004x_state *state;
+	u8 id;
 
 	/* allocate memory for the internal state */
 	state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tda1004x_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!state)
+	if (!state) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't alocate memory for tda10045 state\n");
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* setup the state */
 	state->config = config;
@@ -1260,7 +1263,9 @@ struct dvb_frontend* tda10045_attach(const struct tda1004x_config* config,
 	state->demod_type = TDA1004X_DEMOD_TDA10045;
 
 	/* check if the demod is there */
-	if (tda1004x_read_byte(state, TDA1004X_CHIPID) != 0x25) {
+	id = tda1004x_read_byte(state, TDA1004X_CHIPID);
+	if (id != 0x25) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid tda1004x ID = 0x%02x. Can't proceed\n", id);
 		kfree(state);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1307,11 +1312,14 @@ struct dvb_frontend* tda10046_attach(const struct tda1004x_config* config,
 				     struct i2c_adapter* i2c)
 {
 	struct tda1004x_state *state;
+	u8 id;
 
 	/* allocate memory for the internal state */
 	state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tda1004x_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!state)
+	if (!state) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't alocate memory for tda10046 state\n");
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* setup the state */
 	state->config = config;
@@ -1319,7 +1327,9 @@ struct dvb_frontend* tda10046_attach(const struct tda1004x_config* config,
 	state->demod_type = TDA1004X_DEMOD_TDA10046;
 
 	/* check if the demod is there */
-	if (tda1004x_read_byte(state, TDA1004X_CHIPID) != 0x46) {
+	id = tda1004x_read_byte(state, TDA1004X_CHIPID);
+	if (id != 0x46) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid tda1004x ID = 0x%02x. Can't proceed\n", id);
 		kfree(state);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-dvb.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-dvb.c
index 726f01ccedf047fbdd3bcc3e967d5790580bb4d5..653107c8380375b707436d25053aeb4a0abfb924 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-dvb.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,8 @@ static int dvb_init(struct saa7134_dev *dev)
 					ads_tech_duo_config.tuner_address);
 				goto dettach_frontend;
 			}
-		}
+		} else
+			wprintk("failed to attach tda10046\n");
 		break;
 	case SAA7134_BOARD_TEVION_DVBT_220RF:
 		if (configure_tda827x_fe(dev, &tevion_dvbt220rf_config,