diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 74ed5aae6cea..180f910339f4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -202,27 +202,31 @@ static struct ratelimit_state printk_limits[] = {
 void btrfs_printk(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = fs_info->sb;
-	char lvl[4];
+	char lvl[PRINTK_MAX_SINGLE_HEADER_LEN + 1];
 	struct va_format vaf;
 	va_list args;
-	const char *type = logtypes[4];
+	const char *type = NULL;
 	int kern_level;
 	struct ratelimit_state *ratelimit;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 
-	kern_level = printk_get_level(fmt);
-	if (kern_level) {
+	while ((kern_level = printk_get_level(fmt)) != 0) {
 		size_t size = printk_skip_level(fmt) - fmt;
-		memcpy(lvl, fmt,  size);
-		lvl[size] = '\0';
+
+		if (kern_level >= '0' && kern_level <= '7') {
+			memcpy(lvl, fmt,  size);
+			lvl[size] = '\0';
+			type = logtypes[kern_level - '0'];
+			ratelimit = &printk_limits[kern_level - '0'];
+		}
 		fmt += size;
-		type = logtypes[kern_level - '0'];
-		ratelimit = &printk_limits[kern_level - '0'];
-	} else {
+	}
+
+	if (!type) {
 		*lvl = '\0';
-		/* Default to debug output */
-		ratelimit = &printk_limits[7];
+		type = logtypes[4];
+		ratelimit = &printk_limits[4];
 	}
 
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index a0859e169bc3..afe8ccec1672 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 extern const char linux_banner[];
 extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
 
+#define PRINTK_MAX_SINGLE_HEADER_LEN 2
+
 static inline int printk_get_level(const char *buffer)
 {
 	if (buffer[0] == KERN_SOH_ASCII && buffer[1]) {