diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
index 85143849a586..e29e83f8a89c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ unsigned long __init prom_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4,
 			       unsigned long pp, unsigned long r6,
 			       unsigned long r7, unsigned long kbase);
 
+extern struct seq_buf ppc_hw_desc;
+
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_SETUP_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index dd98f43bd685..6d041993a45d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 #include <linux/serial.h>
 #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
@@ -588,6 +590,15 @@ static __init int add_pcspkr(void)
 device_initcall(add_pcspkr);
 #endif	/* CONFIG_PCSPKR_PLATFORM */
 
+static char ppc_hw_desc_buf[128] __initdata;
+
+struct seq_buf ppc_hw_desc __initdata = {
+	.buffer = ppc_hw_desc_buf,
+	.size = sizeof(ppc_hw_desc_buf),
+	.len = 0,
+	.readpos = 0,
+};
+
 static __init void probe_machine(void)
 {
 	extern struct machdep_calls __machine_desc_start;
@@ -628,7 +639,13 @@ static __init void probe_machine(void)
 		for (;;);
 	}
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Using %s machine description\n", ppc_md.name);
+	// Append the machine name to other info we've gathered
+	seq_buf_puts(&ppc_hw_desc, ppc_md.name);
+
+	// Set the generic hardware description shown in oopses
+	dump_stack_set_arch_desc(ppc_hw_desc.buffer);
+
+	pr_info("Hardware name: %s\n", ppc_hw_desc.buffer);
 }
 
 /* Match a class of boards, not a specific device configuration. */