diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ad1980.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ad1980.c
index 410fed953c541c32d64844ff74c571a1d2fba8e5..1a3ea059a6dcc14bec1c040a04a40afbb948d4e0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ad1980.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ad1980.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int ad1980_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = ad1980_reset(codec, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "AC97 link error\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to reset AD1980: AC97 link error\n");
 		goto reset_err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c
index 81c38e7ad34424b4b68a631a65a885fb81e1704c..6e3e0f340179dc3b19b2f0bc724060fd415582ca 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9712.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static int wm9712_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = wm9712_reset(codec, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "AC97 link error\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to reset WM9712: AC97 link error\n");
 		goto reset_err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9713.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9713.c
index a0cc5ac969a1dc6001b69a84f522baf980576688..7be811a3b02a39339228fc37240c8eb972e403f8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9713.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9713.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ static int wm9713_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	wm9713_reset(codec, 0);
 	ret = wm9713_reset(codec, 1);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "AC97 link error\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to reset WM9713: AC97 link error\n");
 		goto reset_err;
 	}