udelay(ACPI_EC_UDELAY);
                }
        }
-       pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout,"
-                              " status = %d, expect_event = %d\n",
-                              acpi_ec_read_status(ec), event);
+       pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout, status = 0x%2.2x, event = %s\n",
+               acpi_ec_read_status(ec),
+               (event == ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1) ? "\"b0=1\"" : "\"b1=0\"");
        ret = -ETIME;
       end:
        clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
 {
        int result = 0;
        set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
-       acpi_ec_write_cmd(ec, command);
        pr_debug(PREFIX "transaction start\n");
+       acpi_ec_write_cmd(ec, command);
        for (; wdata_len > 0; --wdata_len) {
                result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, force_poll);
                if (result) {