1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 461274168d0f..b5a1b450471f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2262,8 +2262,10 @@ static int ipmi_pnp_probe(struct pnp_dev *dev,
 
         /* _IFT tells us the interface type: KCS, BT, etc */
         status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_IFT", NULL, &tmp);
-        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+                dev_err(&dev->dev, "Could not find ACPI IPMI interface type\n");
                 goto err_free;
+        }
 
         switch (tmp) {
         case 1: