diff --git a/fs/minix/itree_v1.c b/fs/minix/itree_v1.c
index 1a5f3bf0bcec..82d6554b02fe 100644
--- a/fs/minix/itree_v1.c
+++ b/fs/minix/itree_v1.c
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ static inline block_t *i_data(struct inode *inode)
 static int block_to_path(struct inode * inode, long block, int offsets[DEPTH])
 {
 	int n = 0;
+	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 	if (block < 0) {
-		printk("minix_bmap: block<0\n");
+		printk("MINIX-fs: block_to_path: block %ld < 0 on dev %s\n",
+			block, bdevname(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, b));
 	} else if (block >= (minix_sb(inode->i_sb)->s_max_size/BLOCK_SIZE)) {
-		printk("minix_bmap: block>big\n");
+		if (printk_ratelimit())
+			printk("MINIX-fs: block_to_path: "
+			       "block %ld too big on dev %s\n",
+				block, bdevname(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, b));
 	} else if (block < 7) {
 		offsets[n++] = block;
 	} else if ((block -= 7) < 512) {
diff --git a/fs/minix/itree_v2.c b/fs/minix/itree_v2.c
index ad8f0dec4ef4..f23010969369 100644
--- a/fs/minix/itree_v2.c
+++ b/fs/minix/itree_v2.c
@@ -23,12 +23,17 @@ static inline block_t *i_data(struct inode *inode)
 static int block_to_path(struct inode * inode, long block, int offsets[DEPTH])
 {
 	int n = 0;
+	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	if (block < 0) {
-		printk("minix_bmap: block<0\n");
+		printk("MINIX-fs: block_to_path: block %ld < 0 on dev %s\n",
+			block, bdevname(sb->s_bdev, b));
 	} else if (block >= (minix_sb(inode->i_sb)->s_max_size/sb->s_blocksize)) {
-		printk("minix_bmap: block>big\n");
+		if (printk_ratelimit())
+			printk("MINIX-fs: block_to_path: "
+			       "block %ld too big on dev %s\n",
+				block, bdevname(sb->s_bdev, b));
 	} else if (block < 7) {
 		offsets[n++] = block;
 	} else if ((block -= 7) < 256) {