diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 8c61325b8bfce744fc8b7702317ecb1d365cb915..b7b4c86e338b0264919152caee8bec654e2b7757 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ void __ref cpu_die(void)
 	if (smp_ops.cpu_die)
 		smp_ops.cpu_die(cpu);
 
+	pr_warn("CPU%u: smp_ops.cpu_die() returned, trying to resuscitate\n",
+		cpu);
+
 	/*
 	 * Do not return to the idle loop - jump back to the secondary
 	 * cpu initialisation.  There's some initialisation which needs