diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index c448ca75f4b3d03ff933e17c3a801deb2879f749..c866d9a710fec745658b5fc5c84d23afbd373775 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -650,21 +650,22 @@ void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, int sig)
 	switch (TRAP(regs)) {
 	case 0x300:
 	case 0x380:
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request for "
-			"data at address 0x%08lx\n", regs->dar);
+		pr_alert("BUG: %s at 0x%08lx\n",
+			 regs->dar < PAGE_SIZE ? "Kernel NULL pointer dereference" :
+			 "Unable to handle kernel data access", regs->dar);
 		break;
 	case 0x400:
 	case 0x480:
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request for "
-			"instruction fetch\n");
+		pr_alert("BUG: Unable to handle kernel instruction fetch%s",
+			 regs->nip < PAGE_SIZE ? " (NULL pointer?)\n" : "\n");
 		break;
 	case 0x600:
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request for "
-			"unaligned access at address 0x%08lx\n", regs->dar);
+		pr_alert("BUG: Unable to handle kernel unaligned access at 0x%08lx\n",
+			 regs->dar);
 		break;
 	default:
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request for "
-			"unknown fault\n");
+		pr_alert("BUG: Unable to handle unknown paging fault at 0x%08lx\n",
+			 regs->dar);
 		break;
 	}
 	printk(KERN_ALERT "Faulting instruction address: 0x%08lx\n",