1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 9a7290ec8187..7dcde7ea6603 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
         char *err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start,
                          __initramfs_end - __initramfs_start, 0);
         if (err)
-                panic(err);
+                panic(err);     /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
         if (initrd_start) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
                 int fd;
@@ -554,9 +554,12 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
                 printk(KERN_INFO "Unpacking initramfs...");
                 err = unpack_to_rootfs((char *)initrd_start,
                         initrd_end - initrd_start, 0);
-                if (err)
-                        panic(err);
-                printk(" done\n");
+                if (err) {
+                        printk(" failed!\n");
+                        printk(KERN_EMERG "%s\n", err);
+                } else {
+                        printk(" done\n");
+                }
                 free_initrd();
 #endif
         }