diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a512dd836931..03bbcb84d96e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2029,7 +2029,9 @@ extern void shake_page(struct page *p, int access);
 extern atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages;
 extern int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags);
 
-extern void dump_page(struct page *page);
+extern void dump_page(struct page *page, char *reason);
+extern void dump_page_badflags(struct page *page, char *reason,
+			       unsigned long badflags);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) || defined(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS)
 extern void clear_huge_page(struct page *page,
diff --git a/mm/balloon_compaction.c b/mm/balloon_compaction.c
index 07dbc8ec46cf..6e45a5074bf0 100644
--- a/mm/balloon_compaction.c
+++ b/mm/balloon_compaction.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void balloon_page_putback(struct page *page)
 		put_page(page);
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON(1);
-		dump_page(page);
+		dump_page(page, "not movable balloon page");
 	}
 	unlock_page(page);
 }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int balloon_page_migrate(struct page *newpage,
 	BUG_ON(!trylock_page(newpage));
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!__is_movable_balloon_page(page))) {
-		dump_page(page);
+		dump_page(page, "not movable balloon page");
 		unlock_page(newpage);
 		return rc;
 	}
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 86487dfa5e59..71d70c082b98 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static void print_bad_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		current->comm,
 		(long long)pte_val(pte), (long long)pmd_val(*pmd));
 	if (page)
-		dump_page(page);
+		dump_page(page, "bad pte");
 	printk(KERN_ALERT
 		"addr:%p vm_flags:%08lx anon_vma:%p mapping:%p index:%lx\n",
 		(void *)addr, vma->vm_flags, vma->anon_vma, mapping, index);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index cc2ab37220b7..a512a47241a4 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
 			printk(KERN_ALERT "removing pfn %lx from LRU failed\n",
 			       pfn);
-			dump_page(page);
+			dump_page(page, "failed to remove from LRU");
 #endif
 			put_page(page);
 			/* Because we don't have big zone->lock. we should
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 533e2147d14f..1939f4446a36 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static inline int bad_range(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void bad_page(struct page *page)
+static void bad_page(struct page *page, char *reason, unsigned long bad_flags)
 {
 	static unsigned long resume;
 	static unsigned long nr_shown;
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page)
 
 	printk(KERN_ALERT "BUG: Bad page state in process %s  pfn:%05lx\n",
 		current->comm, page_to_pfn(page));
-	dump_page(page);
+	dump_page_badflags(page, reason, bad_flags);
 
 	print_modules();
 	dump_stack();
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static int destroy_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	int bad = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(compound_order(page) != order)) {
-		bad_page(page);
+		bad_page(page, "wrong compound order", 0);
 		bad++;
 	}
 
@@ -392,8 +392,11 @@ static int destroy_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *p = page + i;
 
-		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p) || (p->first_page != page))) {
-			bad_page(page);
+		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p))) {
+			bad_page(page, "PageTail not set", 0);
+			bad++;
+		} else if (unlikely(p->first_page != page)) {
+			bad_page(page, "first_page not consistent", 0);
 			bad++;
 		}
 		__ClearPageTail(p);
@@ -618,12 +621,23 @@ out:
 
 static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
-		(page->mapping != NULL)  |
-		(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0) |
-		(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE) |
-		(mem_cgroup_bad_page_check(page)))) {
-		bad_page(page);
+	char *bad_reason = NULL;
+	unsigned long bad_flags = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page)))
+		bad_reason = "nonzero mapcount";
+	if (unlikely(page->mapping != NULL))
+		bad_reason = "non-NULL mapping";
+	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0))
+		bad_reason = "nonzero _count";
+	if (unlikely(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE)) {
+		bad_reason = "PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set";
+		bad_flags = PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_bad_page_check(page)))
+		bad_reason = "cgroup check failed";
+	if (unlikely(bad_reason)) {
+		bad_page(page, bad_reason, bad_flags);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	page_cpupid_reset_last(page);
@@ -843,12 +857,23 @@ static inline void expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
  */
 static inline int check_new_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
-		(page->mapping != NULL)  |
-		(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0)  |
-		(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP) |
-		(mem_cgroup_bad_page_check(page)))) {
-		bad_page(page);
+	char *bad_reason = NULL;
+	unsigned long bad_flags = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page)))
+		bad_reason = "nonzero mapcount";
+	if (unlikely(page->mapping != NULL))
+		bad_reason = "non-NULL mapping";
+	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0))
+		bad_reason = "nonzero _count";
+	if (unlikely(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP)) {
+		bad_reason = "PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP flag set";
+		bad_flags = PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_bad_page_check(page)))
+		bad_reason = "cgroup check failed";
+	if (unlikely(bad_reason)) {
+		bad_page(page, bad_reason, bad_flags);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -6494,12 +6519,23 @@ static void dump_page_flags(unsigned long flags)
 	printk(")\n");
 }
 
-void dump_page(struct page *page)
+void dump_page_badflags(struct page *page, char *reason, unsigned long badflags)
 {
 	printk(KERN_ALERT
 	       "page:%p count:%d mapcount:%d mapping:%p index:%#lx\n",
 		page, atomic_read(&page->_count), page_mapcount(page),
 		page->mapping, page->index);
 	dump_page_flags(page->flags);
+	if (reason)
+		pr_alert("page dumped because: %s\n", reason);
+	if (page->flags & badflags) {
+		pr_alert("bad because of flags:\n");
+		dump_page_flags(page->flags & badflags);
+	}
 	mem_cgroup_print_bad_page(page);
 }
+
+void dump_page(struct page *page, char *reason)
+{
+	dump_page_badflags(page, reason, 0);
+}