diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 12c5a0a..98e2047 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
  *  'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness.
  *  'A' - ACPI table overridden.
  *  'W' - Taint on warning.
+ *  'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
  *
  *	The string is overwritten by the next call to print_taint().
  */
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
 {
 	static char buf[20];
 	if (tainted) {
-		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c",
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c",
 			tainted & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE ? 'P' : 'G',
 			tainted & TAINT_FORCED_MODULE ? 'F' : ' ',
 			tainted & TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP ? 'S' : ' ',
@@ -173,7 +174,8 @@
 			tainted & TAINT_USER ? 'U' : ' ',
 			tainted & TAINT_DIE ? 'D' : ' ',
 			tainted & TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE ? 'A' : ' ',
-			tainted & TAINT_WARN ? 'W' : ' ');
+			tainted & TAINT_WARN ? 'W' : ' ',
+			tainted & TAINT_CRAP ? 'C' : ' ');
 	}
 	else
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Not tainted");