diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index b0d1ff8..f6dcde2 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -264,8 +264,11 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	dev = amba_device_alloc(NULL, 0, 0);
-	if (!dev)
+	if (!dev) {
+		pr_err("%s(): amba_device_alloc() failed for %s\n",
+		       __func__, node->full_name);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* setup generic device info */
 	dev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = ~0;
@@ -290,12 +293,18 @@
 		dev->irq[i] = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, i);
 
 	ret = of_address_to_resource(node, 0, &dev->res);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s(): of_address_to_resource() failed (%d) for %s\n",
+		       __func__, ret, node->full_name);
 		goto err_free;
+	}
 
 	ret = amba_device_add(dev, &iomem_resource);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s(): amba_device_add() failed (%d) for %s\n",
+		       __func__, ret, node->full_name);
 		goto err_free;
+	}
 
 	return dev;
 
@@ -374,6 +383,10 @@
 	}
 
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(bus, "arm,primecell")) {
+		/*
+		 * Don't return an error here to keep compatibility with older
+		 * device tree files.
+		 */
 		of_amba_device_create(bus, bus_id, platform_data, parent);
 		return 0;
 	}