diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 812bcd8b436323907785b8c0c756807242c1033f..f5ea445f89f04bb079178b23c295b46273d99939 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1645,6 +1645,8 @@ extern void dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v);
 extern int netdev_class_create_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr);
 extern void netdev_class_remove_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr);
 
+extern char *netdev_drivername(struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len);
+
 extern void linkwatch_run_queue(void);
 
 extern int netdev_compute_features(unsigned long all, unsigned long one);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1698b3998981ccf06e4421bbede64296616e2cc0..ad5598d2bb37b08627dc89367bd63c86e28f8955 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4686,6 +4686,26 @@ err_name:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+char *netdev_drivername(struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len)
+{
+	struct device_driver *driver;
+	struct device *parent;
+
+	if (len <= 0 || !buffer)
+		return buffer;
+	buffer[0] = 0;
+
+	parent = dev->dev.parent;
+
+	if (!parent)
+		return buffer;
+
+	driver = parent->driver;
+	if (driver && driver->name)
+		strlcpy(buffer, driver->name, len);
+	return buffer;
+}
+
 static void __net_exit netdev_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	kfree(net->dev_name_head);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index cb625b4d6da5e89b5a82ffd4685fa78e64e642b3..4ac7e3a8c253b0e7754ac77071a6c7348a514841 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ static void dev_watchdog(unsigned long arg)
 			if (some_queue_stopped &&
 			    time_after(jiffies, (dev->trans_start +
 						 dev->watchdog_timeo))) {
-				printk(KERN_INFO "NETDEV WATCHDOG: %s: "
-				       "transmit timed out\n",
-				       dev->name);
+				char drivername[64];
+				printk(KERN_INFO "NETDEV WATCHDOG: %s (%s): transmit timed out\n",
+				       dev->name, netdev_drivername(dev, drivername, 64));
 				dev->tx_timeout(dev);
 				WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 			}