diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 46f23827595a..c9c9846e3913 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d99393effd76571cf2c4a07cbb6e86d41855a8fa
+refs/heads/master: 298add723aecd7af461319fe815d935ef2c40d78
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 2a04daa9189e..a3f1f73bac3a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ int init_port_console(struct port *port)
 	port->cons.hvc = hvc_alloc(port->cons.vtermno, 0, &hv_ops, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(port->cons.hvc)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(port->cons.hvc);
+		dev_err(port->dev,
+			"error %d allocating hvc for port\n", ret);
 		port->cons.hvc = NULL;
 		return ret;
 	}