diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index f686686ca0aa3c38dfe575f3de8a193e83b237e0..ad20dcfaedd0eb8648126c869b2334f7f0ac9c3c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,8 @@ void SoftwareEmulation(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	if (!user_mode(regs)) {
 		debugger(regs);
-		die("Kernel Mode Software FPU Emulation", regs, SIGFPE);
+		die("Kernel Mode Unimplemented Instruction or SW FPU Emulation",
+			regs, SIGFPE);
 	}
 
 	if (!emulate_math(regs))