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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/lockdep.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index c6d0c1dc6253..c30eb887ca7d 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -930,7 +930,8 @@ static bool assign_lock_key(struct lockdep_map *lock)
/* Debug-check: all keys must be persistent! */
debug_locks_off();
pr_err("INFO: trying to register non-static key.\n");
- pr_err("the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.\n");
+ pr_err("The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe\n");
+ pr_err("you didn't initialize this object before use?\n");
pr_err("turning off the locking correctness validator.\n");
dump_stack();
return false;