diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 3204a2263f216c0604567e99241b9458210c85c4..d5d5064c4a66806d5f288fe01a48179b4721f089 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ static linear_conf_t *linear_conf(mddev_t *mddev, int raid_disks)
 		sector_t sectors;
 
 		if (j < 0 || j >= raid_disks || disk->rdev) {
-			printk("linear: disk numbering problem. Aborting!\n");
+			printk(KERN_ERR "md/linear:%s: disk numbering problem. Aborting!\n",
+			       mdname(mddev));
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ static linear_conf_t *linear_conf(mddev_t *mddev, int raid_disks)
 
 	}
 	if (cnt != raid_disks) {
-		printk("linear: not enough drives present. Aborting!\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "md/linear:%s: not enough drives present. Aborting!\n",
+		       mdname(mddev));
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -305,12 +307,14 @@ static int linear_make_request (mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 		     || (bio->bi_sector < start_sector))) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		printk("linear_make_request: Sector %llu out of bounds on "
-			"dev %s: %llu sectors, offset %llu\n",
-			(unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector,
-			bdevname(tmp_dev->rdev->bdev, b),
-			(unsigned long long)tmp_dev->rdev->sectors,
-			(unsigned long long)start_sector);
+		printk(KERN_ERR
+		       "md/linear:%s: make_request: Sector %llu out of bounds on "
+		       "dev %s: %llu sectors, offset %llu\n",
+		       mdname(mddev),
+		       (unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector,
+		       bdevname(tmp_dev->rdev->bdev, b),
+		       (unsigned long long)tmp_dev->rdev->sectors,
+		       (unsigned long long)start_sector);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		bio_io_error(bio);
 		return 0;