diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 850657d1b0ed573e23552913d7aae230df30fe9a..cb1304856a5cdf6422350d63451433fc1e651d33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -433,17 +433,18 @@ int setup_APIC_eilvt(u8 offset, u8 vector, u8 msg_type, u8 mask)
 	reserved = reserve_eilvt_offset(offset, new);
 
 	if (reserved != new) {
-		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to setup vector 0x%x, but "
-		       "vector 0x%x was already reserved by another core, "
-		       "APIC%lX=0x%x\n",
-		       smp_processor_id(), new, reserved, reg, old);
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to use APIC%lX (LVT offset %d) for "
+		       "vector 0x%x, but the register is already in use for "
+		       "vector 0x%x on another cpu\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), reg, offset, new, reserved);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!eilvt_entry_is_changeable(old, new)) {
-		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to setup vector 0x%x but "
-		       "register already in use, APIC%lX=0x%x\n",
-		       smp_processor_id(), new, reg, old);
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to use APIC%lX (LVT offset %d) for "
+		       "vector 0x%x, but the register is already in use for "
+		       "vector 0x%x on this cpu\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), reg, offset, new, old);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
index 42fb46f8388304d5ab7a16281f58a530f3b7211c..08de2545bc6881d92671dfe3a7c914aeb6c2966f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ static int force_ibs_eilvt_setup(void)
 		ret = setup_ibs_ctl(i);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "using offset %d for IBS interrupts\n", i);
 		return 0;
 	}