diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index f90af2b6c956..f0223a7d9ed1 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2723,16 +2723,20 @@ void wake_up_klogd(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+void defer_console_output(void)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+	__this_cpu_or(printk_pending, PRINTK_PENDING_OUTPUT);
+	irq_work_queue(this_cpu_ptr(&wake_up_klogd_work));
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
 int vprintk_deferred(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	int r;
 
 	r = vprintk_emit(0, LOGLEVEL_SCHED, NULL, 0, fmt, args);
-
-	preempt_disable();
-	__this_cpu_or(printk_pending, PRINTK_PENDING_OUTPUT);
-	irq_work_queue(this_cpu_ptr(&wake_up_klogd_work));
-	preempt_enable();
+	defer_console_output();
 
 	return r;
 }