2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/drivers/mpu401/mpu401_uart.c b/sound/drivers/mpu401/mpu401_uart.c
index 16e87f31788c..ee67b522d259 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/mpu401/mpu401_uart.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/mpu401/mpu401_uart.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ int snd_mpu401_uart_new(struct snd_card *card, int device,
                 return err;
         mpu = kzalloc(sizeof(*mpu), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (mpu == NULL) {
+                snd_printk(KERN_ERR "mpu401_uart: cannot allocate\n");
                 snd_device_free(card, rmidi);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
diff --git a/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_lib.c b/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_lib.c
index cbd37e919601..650f3b8e60e0 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_lib.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_lib.c
@@ -349,8 +349,10 @@ int snd_opl3_new(struct snd_card *card,
 
         *ropl3 = NULL;
         opl3 = kzalloc(sizeof(*opl3), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (opl3 == NULL)
+        if (opl3 == NULL) {
+                snd_printk(KERN_ERR "opl3: cannot allocate\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
+        }
 
         opl3->card = card;
         opl3->hardware = hardware;