diff --git a/include/linux/kdb.h b/include/linux/kdb.h
index 75ae2e2631fc..a19bcf9e762e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kdb.h
+++ b/include/linux/kdb.h
@@ -156,8 +156,14 @@ typedef enum {
 	KDB_REASON_SYSTEM_NMI,	/* In NMI due to SYSTEM cmd; regs valid */
 } kdb_reason_t;
 
+enum kdb_msgsrc {
+	KDB_MSGSRC_INTERNAL, /* direct call to kdb_printf() */
+	KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK, /* trapped from printk() */
+};
+
 extern int kdb_trap_printk;
-extern __printf(1, 0) int vkdb_printf(const char *fmt, va_list args);
+extern __printf(2, 0) int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt,
+				      va_list args);
 extern __printf(1, 2) int kdb_printf(const char *, ...);
 typedef __printf(1, 2) int (*kdb_printf_t)(const char *, ...);
 
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 7c70812caea5..a550afb99ebe 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int kdb_search_string(char *searched, char *searchfor)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int vkdb_printf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 	int diag;
 	int linecount;
@@ -691,19 +691,20 @@ kdb_printit:
 	 * Write to all consoles.
 	 */
 	retlen = strlen(kdb_buffer);
+	cp = (char *) printk_skip_level(kdb_buffer);
 	if (!dbg_kdb_mode && kgdb_connected) {
-		gdbstub_msg_write(kdb_buffer, retlen);
+		gdbstub_msg_write(cp, retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer));
 	} else {
 		if (dbg_io_ops && !dbg_io_ops->is_console) {
-			len = retlen;
-			cp = kdb_buffer;
+			len = retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer);
+			cp2 = cp;
 			while (len--) {
-				dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp);
-				cp++;
+				dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp2);
+				cp2++;
 			}
 		}
 		while (c) {
-			c->write(c, kdb_buffer, retlen);
+			c->write(c, cp, retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer));
 			touch_nmi_watchdog();
 			c = c->next;
 		}
@@ -711,7 +712,10 @@ kdb_printit:
 	if (logging) {
 		saved_loglevel = console_loglevel;
 		console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT;
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s", kdb_buffer);
+		if (printk_get_level(kdb_buffer) || src == KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK)
+			printk("%s", kdb_buffer);
+		else
+			pr_info("%s", kdb_buffer);
 	}
 
 	if (KDB_STATE(PAGER)) {
@@ -844,7 +848,7 @@ int kdb_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 	int r;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	r = vkdb_printf(fmt, ap);
+	r = vkdb_printf(KDB_MSGSRC_INTERNAL, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
 	return r;
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 02d6b6d28796..fae29e3ffbf0 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ int vprintk_default(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB
 	if (unlikely(kdb_trap_printk)) {
-		r = vkdb_printf(fmt, args);
+		r = vkdb_printf(KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK, fmt, args);
 		return r;
 	}
 #endif