diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 083f648e3265..61e3a2620fa3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ void *perf_trace_buf_alloc(int size, struct pt_regs **regs, int *rctxp)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE % sizeof(unsigned long));
 
 	if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
-		      "perf buffer not large enough"))
+		      "perf buffer not large enough, wanted %d, have %d",
+		      size, PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE))
 		return NULL;
 
 	*rctxp = rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();