diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
index 4a6fa2837df2..237f4884a1e1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
@@ -708,8 +708,7 @@ mem_parity_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x on "
 		"CPU %d.\n", reason, smp_processor_id());
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM "
-			"chips\n");
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus.\n");
 	if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
                 panic("NMI: Not continuing");
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
index e37b4d77d5a8..70bfaab9822c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -793,8 +793,7 @@ mem_parity_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason %02x.\n",
 		reason);
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "You probably have a hardware problem with your "
-		"RAM chips\n");
+	printk(KERN_EMERG "You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus.\n");
 
 	if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
 		panic("NMI: Not continuing");