diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index be5f85b0a24d..a80430550a73 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -189,11 +189,16 @@ static void __init setup_machine_fdt(phys_addr_t dt_phys)
 
 	if (!dt_virt || !early_init_dt_scan(dt_virt)) {
 		pr_crit("\n"
-			"Error: invalid device tree blob at physical address %pa (virtual address 0x%p)\n"
+			"Error: invalid device tree blob at physical address %pa (virtual address 0x%px)\n"
 			"The dtb must be 8-byte aligned and must not exceed 2 MB in size\n"
 			"\nPlease check your bootloader.",
 			&dt_phys, dt_virt);
 
+		/*
+		 * Note that in this _really_ early stage we cannot even BUG()
+		 * or oops, so the least terrible thing to do is cpu_relax(),
+		 * or else we could end-up printing non-initialized data, etc.
+		 */
 		while (true)
 			cpu_relax();
 	}