diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index f2ccbc3b9fe4..7441344bd214 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ config DM_THIN_PROVISIONING
          Provides thin provisioning and snapshots that share a data store.
 
 config DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_STACK_TRACING
-	boolean "Keep stack trace of thin provisioning block lock holders"
-	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && DM_THIN_PROVISIONING
+	boolean "Keep stack trace of persistent data block lock holders"
+	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
 	select STACKTRACE
 	---help---
 	  Enable this for messages that may help debug problems with the
-	  block manager locking used by thin provisioning.
+	  block manager locking used by thin provisioning and caching.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
index 064a3c271baa..455f79279a16 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int __check_holder(struct block_lock *lock)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HOLDERS; i++) {
 		if (lock->holders[i] == current) {
-			DMERR("recursive lock detected in pool metadata");
+			DMERR("recursive lock detected in metadata");
 #ifdef CONFIG_DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_STACK_TRACING
 			DMERR("previously held here:");
 			print_stack_trace(lock->traces + i, 4);