diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index ee85766e6329..2aafa6ab6103 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -641,11 +641,6 @@ static int is_f00f_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const char nx_warning[] = KERN_CRIT
-"kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n";
-static const char smep_warning[] = KERN_CRIT
-"unable to execute userspace code (SMEP?) (uid: %d)\n";
-
 static void
 show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		unsigned long address)
@@ -664,11 +659,13 @@ show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		pte = lookup_address_in_pgd(pgd, address, &level);
 
 		if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && !pte_exec(*pte))
-			printk(nx_warning, from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
+			pr_crit("kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n",
+				from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
 		if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && pte_exec(*pte) &&
 				(pgd_flags(*pgd) & _PAGE_USER) &&
 				(__read_cr4() & X86_CR4_SMEP))
-			printk(smep_warning, from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
+			pr_crit("unable to execute userspace code (SMEP?) (uid: %d)\n",
+				from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
 	}
 
 	pr_alert("BUG: unable to handle kernel %s at %px\n",