diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 511b971d114..9dcb2d86aea 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -506,16 +506,22 @@ static void __ghes_print_estatus(const char *pfx,
 				 const struct acpi_hest_generic *generic,
 				 const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 {
+	static atomic_t seqno;
+	unsigned int curr_seqno;
+	char pfx_seq[64];
+
 	if (pfx == NULL) {
 		if (ghes_severity(estatus->error_severity) <=
 		    GHES_SEV_CORRECTED)
-			pfx = KERN_WARNING HW_ERR;
+			pfx = KERN_WARNING;
 		else
-			pfx = KERN_ERR HW_ERR;
+			pfx = KERN_ERR;
 	}
+	curr_seqno = atomic_inc_return(&seqno);
+	snprintf(pfx_seq, sizeof(pfx_seq), "%s{%u}" HW_ERR, pfx, curr_seqno);
 	printk("%s""Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: %d\n",
-	       pfx, generic->header.source_id);
-	apei_estatus_print(pfx, estatus);
+	       pfx_seq, generic->header.source_id);
+	apei_estatus_print(pfx_seq, estatus);
 }
 
 static int ghes_print_estatus(const char *pfx,
@@ -798,7 +804,7 @@ static int ghes_notify_nmi(unsigned int cmd, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	if (sev_global >= GHES_SEV_PANIC) {
 		oops_begin();
-		__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG HW_ERR, ghes_global->generic,
+		__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG, ghes_global->generic,
 				     ghes_global->estatus);
 		/* reboot to log the error! */
 		if (panic_timeout == 0)