diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index f7a53c19e84b..612a3790cfd4 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2790,6 +2790,10 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 
 	if (!pages) {
 		free_vm_area(area);
+		warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+			   "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+			   "page array size %lu allocation failed",
+			   nr_small_pages * PAGE_SIZE, array_size);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2814,6 +2818,10 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			/* Successfully allocated i pages, free them in __vfree() */
 			area->nr_pages = i;
 			atomic_long_add(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
+			warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+				   "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+				   "page order %u allocation failed",
+				   area->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE, page_order);
 			goto fail;
 		}
 
@@ -2825,15 +2833,17 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	}
 	atomic_long_add(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
 
-	if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + size, prot, pages, page_shift) < 0)
+	if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + size, prot, pages, page_shift) < 0) {
+		warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+			   "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+			   "failed to map pages",
+			   area->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
 		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	return area->addr;
 
 fail:
-	warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
-			  "vmalloc: allocation failure, allocated %ld of %ld bytes",
-			  (area->nr_pages*PAGE_SIZE), size);
 	__vfree(area->addr);
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -2867,9 +2877,14 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	unsigned long real_align = align;
 	unsigned int shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	if (!size || (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages()) {
-		area = NULL;
-		goto fail;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!size))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if ((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages()) {
+		warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+			   "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+			   "exceeds total pages", real_size);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (vmap_allow_huge && !(vm_flags & VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP) &&
@@ -2897,8 +2912,12 @@ again:
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
 	area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, VM_ALLOC | VM_UNINITIALIZED |
 				vm_flags, start, end, node, gfp_mask, caller);
-	if (!area)
+	if (!area) {
+		warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+			   "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+			   "vm_struct allocation failed", real_size);
 		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, shift, node);
 	if (!addr)
@@ -2923,11 +2942,6 @@ fail:
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	if (!area) {
-		/* Warn for area allocation, page allocations already warn */
-		warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
-			  "vmalloc: allocation failure: %lu bytes", real_size);
-	}
 	return NULL;
 }