diff --git a/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c b/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c
index 0627a7a..669b828 100644
--- a/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c
+++ b/board/amcc/katmai/katmai.c
@@ -403,15 +403,13 @@
 		if (!katmai_pcie_card_present(i))
 			continue;
 
-		if (is_end_point(i)) {
-			printf("PCIE%d: will be configured as endpoint\n", i);
+		if (is_end_point(i))
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
-		} else {
-			printf("PCIE%d: will be configured as root-complex\n", i);
+		else
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
-		}
 		if (ret) {
-			printf("PCIE%d: initialization failed\n", i);
+			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
+			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c b/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c
index 77c0eb4..0939b54 100644
--- a/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c
+++ b/board/amcc/kilauea/kilauea.c
@@ -342,15 +342,13 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i < board_pcie_count(); i++) {
 
-		if (is_end_point(i)) {
-			printf("PCIE%d: will be configured as endpoint\n", i);
+		if (is_end_point(i))
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
-		} else {
-			printf("PCIE%d: will be configured as root-complex\n", i);
+		else
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
-		}
 		if (ret) {
-			printf("PCIE%d: initialization failed\n", i);
+			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
+			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c b/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c
index bb3e594..17aaa26 100644
--- a/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c
+++ b/board/amcc/yucca/yucca.c
@@ -853,18 +853,17 @@
 			continue;
 
 		if (is_end_point(i)) {
-			printf("PCIE%d: will be configured as endpoint\n",i);
 			yucca_setup_pcie_fpga_endpoint(i);
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_endport(i);
 		} else {
-			printf("PCIE%d: will be configured as root-complex\n",i);
 			yucca_setup_pcie_fpga_rootpoint(i);
 			ret = ppc4xx_init_pcie_rootport(i);
 		}
 		if (ret) {
- 			printf("PCIE%d: initialization failed\n", i);
- 			continue;
- 		}
+			printf("PCIE%d: initialization as %s failed\n", i,
+			       is_end_point(i) ? "endpoint" : "root-complex");
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		hose = &pcie_hose[i];
 		hose->first_busno = bus;