diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index aef779b4193d..43f30746c8dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -3190,9 +3190,8 @@ i915_wedged_set(void *data, u64 val)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = data;
 
-	DRM_INFO("Manually setting wedged to %llu\n", val);
-	i915_handle_error(dev, val);
-
+	i915_handle_error(dev, val,
+			  "Manually setting wedged to %llu", val);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 7db735c1e764..2b0da9592fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2008,7 +2008,9 @@ extern void intel_console_resume(struct work_struct *work);
 
 /* i915_irq.c */
 void i915_queue_hangcheck(struct drm_device *dev);
-void i915_handle_error(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedged);
+__printf(3, 4)
+void i915_handle_error(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedged,
+		       const char *fmt, ...);
 
 void gen6_set_pm_mask(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 pm_iir,
 							int new_delay);
@@ -2449,7 +2451,8 @@ static inline void i915_error_state_buf_release(
 {
 	kfree(eb->buf);
 }
-void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_device *dev);
+void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedge,
+			      const char *error_msg);
 void i915_error_state_get(struct drm_device *dev,
 			  struct i915_error_state_file_priv *error_priv);
 void i915_error_state_put(struct i915_error_state_file_priv *error_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 75dd0562bb4a..7b2afa00bccb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1094,16 +1094,30 @@ static void i915_capture_reg_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 }
 
 static void i915_error_capture_msg(struct drm_device *dev,
-				   struct drm_i915_error_state *error)
+				   struct drm_i915_error_state *error,
+				   bool wedged,
+				   const char *error_msg)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	u32 ecode;
-	int ring_id = -1;
+	int ring_id = -1, len;
 
 	ecode = i915_error_generate_code(dev_priv, error, &ring_id);
 
-	scnprintf(error->error_msg, sizeof(error->error_msg),
-		  "GPU HANG: ecode %d:0x%08x", ring_id, ecode);
+	len = scnprintf(error->error_msg, sizeof(error->error_msg),
+			"GPU HANG: ecode %d:0x%08x", ring_id, ecode);
+
+	if (ring_id != -1 && error->ring[ring_id].pid != -1)
+		len += scnprintf(error->error_msg + len,
+				 sizeof(error->error_msg) - len,
+				 ", in %s [%d]",
+				 error->ring[ring_id].comm,
+				 error->ring[ring_id].pid);
+
+	scnprintf(error->error_msg + len, sizeof(error->error_msg) - len,
+		  ", reason: %s, action: %s",
+		  error_msg,
+		  wedged ? "reset" : "continue");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1115,7 +1129,8 @@ static void i915_error_capture_msg(struct drm_device *dev,
  * out a structure which becomes available in debugfs for user level tools
  * to pick up.
  */
-void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_device *dev)
+void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedged,
+			      const char *error_msg)
 {
 	static bool warned;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
@@ -1141,7 +1156,7 @@ void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_device *dev)
 	error->overlay = intel_overlay_capture_error_state(dev);
 	error->display = intel_display_capture_error_state(dev);
 
-	i915_error_capture_msg(dev, error);
+	i915_error_capture_msg(dev, error, wedged, error_msg);
 	DRM_INFO("%s\n", error->error_msg);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 484415bb3497..3e8359eb8b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1297,8 +1297,8 @@ static void snb_gt_irq_handler(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (gt_iir & (GT_BLT_CS_ERROR_INTERRUPT |
 		      GT_BSD_CS_ERROR_INTERRUPT |
 		      GT_RENDER_CS_MASTER_ERROR_INTERRUPT)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("GT error interrupt 0x%08x\n", gt_iir);
-		i915_handle_error(dev, false);
+		i915_handle_error(dev, false, "GT error interrupt 0x%08x",
+				  gt_iir);
 	}
 
 	if (gt_iir & GT_PARITY_ERROR(dev))
@@ -1545,8 +1545,9 @@ static void gen6_rps_irq_handler(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 pm_iir)
 			notify_ring(dev_priv->dev, &dev_priv->ring[VECS]);
 
 		if (pm_iir & PM_VEBOX_CS_ERROR_INTERRUPT) {
-			DRM_ERROR("VEBOX CS error interrupt 0x%08x\n", pm_iir);
-			i915_handle_error(dev_priv->dev, false);
+			i915_handle_error(dev_priv->dev, false,
+					  "VEBOX CS error interrupt 0x%08x",
+					  pm_iir);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -2278,11 +2279,18 @@ static void i915_report_and_clear_eir(struct drm_device *dev)
  * so userspace knows something bad happened (should trigger collection
  * of a ring dump etc.).
  */
-void i915_handle_error(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedged)
+void i915_handle_error(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedged,
+		       const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	va_list args;
+	char error_msg[80];
 
-	i915_capture_error_state(dev);
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vscnprintf(error_msg, sizeof(error_msg), fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	i915_capture_error_state(dev, wedged, error_msg);
 	i915_report_and_clear_eir(dev);
 
 	if (wedged) {
@@ -2585,9 +2593,9 @@ ring_stuck(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 acthd)
 	 */
 	tmp = I915_READ_CTL(ring);
 	if (tmp & RING_WAIT) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Kicking stuck wait on %s\n",
-			  ring->name);
-		i915_handle_error(dev, false);
+		i915_handle_error(dev, false,
+				  "Kicking stuck wait on %s",
+				  ring->name);
 		I915_WRITE_CTL(ring, tmp);
 		return HANGCHECK_KICK;
 	}
@@ -2597,9 +2605,9 @@ ring_stuck(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 acthd)
 		default:
 			return HANGCHECK_HUNG;
 		case 1:
-			DRM_ERROR("Kicking stuck semaphore on %s\n",
-				  ring->name);
-			i915_handle_error(dev, false);
+			i915_handle_error(dev, false,
+					  "Kicking stuck semaphore on %s",
+					  ring->name);
 			I915_WRITE_CTL(ring, tmp);
 			return HANGCHECK_KICK;
 		case 0:
@@ -2721,7 +2729,7 @@ static void i915_hangcheck_elapsed(unsigned long data)
 	}
 
 	if (rings_hung)
-		return i915_handle_error(dev, true);
+		return i915_handle_error(dev, true, "Ring hung");
 
 	if (busy_count)
 		/* Reset timer case chip hangs without another request
@@ -3338,7 +3346,9 @@ static irqreturn_t i8xx_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
 		 */
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
 		if (iir & I915_RENDER_COMMAND_PARSER_ERROR_INTERRUPT)
-			i915_handle_error(dev, false);
+			i915_handle_error(dev, false,
+					  "Command parser error, iir 0x%08x",
+					  iir);
 
 		for_each_pipe(pipe) {
 			int reg = PIPESTAT(pipe);
@@ -3520,7 +3530,9 @@ static irqreturn_t i915_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
 		 */
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
 		if (iir & I915_RENDER_COMMAND_PARSER_ERROR_INTERRUPT)
-			i915_handle_error(dev, false);
+			i915_handle_error(dev, false,
+					  "Command parser error, iir 0x%08x",
+					  iir);
 
 		for_each_pipe(pipe) {
 			int reg = PIPESTAT(pipe);
@@ -3757,7 +3769,9 @@ static irqreturn_t i965_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
 		 */
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
 		if (iir & I915_RENDER_COMMAND_PARSER_ERROR_INTERRUPT)
-			i915_handle_error(dev, false);
+			i915_handle_error(dev, false,
+					  "Command parser error, iir 0x%08x",
+					  iir);
 
 		for_each_pipe(pipe) {
 			int reg = PIPESTAT(pipe);