diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
index 5f2940c422255..66e8839db708a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
@@ -93,17 +93,6 @@ struct rcar_du_crtc_state {
 
 #define to_rcar_crtc_state(s) container_of(s, struct rcar_du_crtc_state, state)
 
-enum rcar_du_output {
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD0,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD1,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS0,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS1,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_HDMI0,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_HDMI1,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_TCON,
-	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_MAX,
-};
-
 int rcar_du_crtc_create(struct rcar_du_group *rgrp, unsigned int swindex,
 			unsigned int hwindex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
index 4ac26d08ebb45..d4dc101dc1d74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
@@ -502,6 +502,24 @@ static const struct of_device_id rcar_du_of_table[] = {
 
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, rcar_du_of_table);
 
+const char *rcar_du_output_name(enum rcar_du_output output)
+{
+	static const char * const names[] = {
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD0] = "DPAD0",
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD1] = "DPAD1",
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS0] = "LVDS0",
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS1] = "LVDS1",
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_HDMI0] = "HDMI0",
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_HDMI1] = "HDMI1",
+		[RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_TCON] = "TCON",
+	};
+
+	if (output >= ARRAY_SIZE(names) || !names[output])
+		return "UNKNOWN";
+
+	return names[output];
+}
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * DRM operations
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.h
index 02ca2d0e1b55b..859fd59926013 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.h
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ struct rcar_du_device;
 
 #define RCAR_DU_QUIRK_ALIGN_128B	BIT(0)	/* Align pitches to 128 bytes */
 
+enum rcar_du_output {
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD0,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_DPAD1,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS0,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_LVDS1,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_HDMI0,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_HDMI1,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_TCON,
+	RCAR_DU_OUTPUT_MAX,
+};
+
 /*
  * struct rcar_du_output_routing - Output routing specification
  * @possible_crtcs: bitmask of possible CRTCs for the output
@@ -126,4 +137,6 @@ static inline void rcar_du_write(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu, u32 reg, u32 data)
 	iowrite32(data, rcdu->mmio + reg);
 }
 
+const char *rcar_du_output_name(enum rcar_du_output output);
+
 #endif /* __RCAR_DU_DRV_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
index 4bf4e25d7f011..3977aaa1ab5ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ int rcar_du_encoder_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu,
 			return -ENOLINK;
 	}
 
-	dev_dbg(rcdu->dev, "initializing encoder %pOF for output %u\n",
-		enc_node, output);
+	dev_dbg(rcdu->dev, "initializing encoder %pOF for output %s\n",
+		enc_node, rcar_du_output_name(output));
 
 	renc = drmm_encoder_alloc(&rcdu->ddev, struct rcar_du_encoder, base,
 				  &rcar_du_encoder_funcs, DRM_MODE_ENCODER_NONE,
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ int rcar_du_encoder_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu,
 	ret = drm_bridge_attach(&renc->base, bridge, NULL,
 				DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(rcdu->dev, "failed to attach bridge for output %u\n",
-			output);
+		dev_err(rcdu->dev,
+			"failed to attach bridge %pOF for output %s (%d)\n",
+			bridge->of_node, rcar_du_output_name(output), ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ int rcar_du_encoder_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu,
 	connector = drm_bridge_connector_init(&rcdu->ddev, &renc->base);
 	if (IS_ERR(connector)) {
 		dev_err(rcdu->dev,
-			"failed to created connector for output %u\n", output);
+			"failed to created connector for output %s (%ld)\n",
+			rcar_du_output_name(output), PTR_ERR(connector));
 		return PTR_ERR(connector);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c
index fdb8a0d127ad3..ca29e4a62816a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ static int rcar_du_encoders_init_one(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu,
 	ret = rcar_du_encoder_init(rcdu, output, entity);
 	if (ret && ret != -EPROBE_DEFER && ret != -ENOLINK)
 		dev_warn(rcdu->dev,
-			 "failed to initialize encoder %pOF on output %u (%d), skipping\n",
-			 entity, output, ret);
+			 "failed to initialize encoder %pOF on output %s (%d), skipping\n",
+			 entity, rcar_du_output_name(output), ret);
 
 	of_node_put(entity);