diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index a67ef9dbda9dae0ea7a1619a393c55157a6d8592..93b61396756bcdddd9c38f9967cb0494fc580d7e 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 {
 	char *err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
 	if (err)
-		panic(err);	/* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
+		panic("%s", err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
 	if (initrd_start) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
 		int fd;
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 98e3537fa71d3935513a66ad35600c6ad79d6495..f333385d9a4f3cd0550c48e34e6925ca4a27ac36 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
 		unsigned int i;
 		for (i = 0; envp_init[i]; i++) {
 			if (i == MAX_INIT_ENVS) {
-				panic_later = "Too many boot env vars at `%s'";
+				panic_later = "env";
 				panic_param = param;
 			}
 			if (!strncmp(param, envp_init[i], val - param))
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
 		unsigned int i;
 		for (i = 0; argv_init[i]; i++) {
 			if (i == MAX_INIT_ARGS) {
-				panic_later = "Too many boot init vars at `%s'";
+				panic_later = "init";
 				panic_param = param;
 			}
 		}
@@ -582,7 +582,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	 */
 	console_init();
 	if (panic_later)
-		panic(panic_later, panic_param);
+		panic("Too many boot %s vars at `%s'", panic_later,
+		      panic_param);
 
 	lockdep_info();