diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
index 2f6cb8276480..3c85c89f68d8 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
@@ -631,13 +631,15 @@ gp_in_kernel:
 
 static void mem_parity_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received. Dazed and confused, but trying "
-			"to continue\n");
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x on "
+		"CPU %d.\n", reason, smp_processor_id());
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM "
 			"chips\n");
 	if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
                 panic("NMI: Not continuing");
 
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
+
 	/* Clear and disable the memory parity error line. */
 	clear_mem_error(reason);
 }
@@ -668,14 +670,13 @@ static void unknown_nmi_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
 		return;
 	}
 #endif
-	printk("Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x on CPU %d.\n",
-		reason, smp_processor_id());
-	printk("Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
-	printk("Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n");
-
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x on "
+		"CPU %d.\n", reason, smp_processor_id());
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n");
 	if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
                 panic("NMI: Not continuing");
 
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
 }
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nmi_print_lock);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
index b18829db2a6a..dae10df60926 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -730,10 +730,15 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_general_protection(struct pt_regs * regs,
 static __kprobes void
 mem_parity_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
-	printk("Uhhuh. NMI received. Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
-	printk("You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM chips\n");
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x.\n",
+		reason);
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "You probably have a hardware problem with your "
+		"RAM chips\n");
+
 	if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
-               panic("NMI: Not continuing");
+		panic("NMI: Not continuing");
+
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
 
 	/* Clear and disable the memory parity error line. */
 	reason = (reason & 0xf) | 4;
@@ -756,13 +761,15 @@ io_check_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
 
 static __kprobes void
 unknown_nmi_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
-{	printk("Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x.\n", reason);
-	printk("Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
-	printk("Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n");
+{
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x.\n",
+		reason);
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n");
 
 	if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
-                panic("NMI: Not continuing");
+		panic("NMI: Not continuing");
 
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "Dazed and confused, but trying to continue\n");
 }
 
 /* Runs on IST stack. This code must keep interrupts off all the time.