diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c b/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
index f054656ba8c..d61dd85b53d 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ mallocinit(void *dummy)
 			    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 #endif
 			    UMA_ALIGN_PTR, UMA_ZONE_MALLOC);
-		}		    
+		}
 		for (;i <= size; i+= KMEM_ZBASE)
 			kmemsize[i >> KMEM_ZSHIFT] = indx;
 	}
@@ -1218,8 +1218,8 @@ malloc_init(void *data)
 
 	mtp = data;
 	if (mtp->ks_version != M_VERSION)
-		panic("malloc_init: unsupported malloc type version %lu",
-		    mtp->ks_version);
+		panic("malloc_init: type %s with unsupported version %lu",
+		    mtp->ks_shortdesc, mtp->ks_version);
 
 	mtip = &mtp->ks_mti;
 	mtip->mti_stats = uma_zalloc_pcpu(mt_stats_zone, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);