diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 194e9014811b..4feaed591e83 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2060,14 +2060,17 @@ static pci_ers_result_t nvme_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 * shutdown the controller to quiesce. The controller will be restarted
 	 * after the slot reset through driver's slot_reset callback.
 	 */
-	dev_warn(dev->ctrl.device, "error detected: state:%d\n", state);
 	switch (state) {
 	case pci_channel_io_normal:
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER;
 	case pci_channel_io_frozen:
+		dev_warn(dev->ctrl.device,
+			"frozen state error detected, reset controller\n");
 		nvme_dev_disable(dev, false);
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;
 	case pci_channel_io_perm_failure:
+		dev_warn(dev->ctrl.device,
+			"failure state error detected, request disconnect\n");
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 	}
 	return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;