diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/bug.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/bug.h
index 4cfd7ef7b..00c46168e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/bug.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/bug.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * Implementation is specific to OS.  For QNX and Posix implementation
  * refer to nvgpu_posix_bug.
  */
-#define BUG()					nvgpu_posix_bug("")
+#define BUG()		nvgpu_posix_bug(__func__, __LINE__)
 
 /** Macro to handle a buggy code only upon meeting the condition. */
 #define BUG_ON(cond)				\
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ void dump_stack(void);
 /**
  * @brief Bug.
  *
- * @param fmt [in]	Format of variable argument list.
- * @param ... [in]	Variable length arguments.
+ * @param msg [in]	Message to be printed in log.
+ * @param line_no [in]	Line number.
  *
  * Function to be invoked upon identifying bug in the code.
  */
-void nvgpu_posix_bug(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+void nvgpu_posix_bug(const char *msg, int line_no) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
 
 /**
  * @brief Issues Warning.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/bug.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/bug.c
index 09ec71d42..807ef8ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/bug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/bug.c
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ void nvgpu_bug_unregister_cb(struct nvgpu_bug_cb *cb)
 /*
  * Ahhh! A bug!
  */
-void nvgpu_posix_bug(const char *fmt, ...)
+void nvgpu_posix_bug(const char *msg, int line_no)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct nvgpu_bug_cb *cb;
 
-	nvgpu_err(NULL, "BUG detected!");
+	nvgpu_err(NULL, "%s:%d BUG detected!", msg, line_no);
 #ifndef __NVGPU_UNIT_TEST__
 	dump_stack();
 #endif