diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 71d4ab0..682ca98 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -583,19 +583,25 @@ static int kvm_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm, int fd)
 	snprintf(dir_name, sizeof(dir_name), "%d-%d", task_pid_nr(current), fd);
 	kvm->debugfs_dentry = debugfs_create_dir(dir_name,
 						 kvm_debugfs_dir);
-	if (!kvm->debugfs_dentry)
+	if (!kvm->debugfs_dentry) {
+		printk(KERN_ALERT "failed to create directory\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	kvm->debugfs_stat_data = kcalloc(kvm_debugfs_num_entries,
 					 sizeof(*kvm->debugfs_stat_data),
 					 GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!kvm->debugfs_stat_data)
+	if (!kvm->debugfs_stat_data) {
+		printk(KERN_ALERT "failed to allocate stat data\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	for (p = debugfs_entries; p->name; p++) {
 		stat_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*stat_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!stat_data)
+		if (!stat_data) {
+			printk(KERN_ALERT "failed to allocate per-entry stat data\n");
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		stat_data->kvm = kvm;
 		stat_data->offset = p->offset;
@@ -603,8 +609,10 @@ static int kvm_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm, int fd)
 		if (!debugfs_create_file(p->name, 0444,
 					 kvm->debugfs_dentry,
 					 stat_data,
-					 stat_fops_per_vm[p->kind]))
+					 stat_fops_per_vm[p->kind])) {
+			printk(KERN_ALERT failed to create debugfs file for %s\n", p->name);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }