diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index a0831e1b99f4..a61bb1d37a52 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -4066,8 +4066,7 @@ void __init lockdep_info(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKDEP
 	if (lockdep_init_error) {
-		printk("WARNING: lockdep init error! lock-%s was acquired"
-			"before lockdep_init\n", lock_init_error);
+		printk("WARNING: lockdep init error: lock '%s' was acquired before lockdep_init().\n", lock_init_error);
 		printk("Call stack leading to lockdep invocation was:\n");
 		print_stack_trace(&lockdep_init_trace, 0);
 	}