diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 4305ee9db4b2..416953a42510 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -162,11 +162,18 @@ void acpi_os_vprintf(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	if (acpi_in_debugger) {
 		kdb_printf("%s", buffer);
 	} else {
-		printk(KERN_CONT "%s", buffer);
+		if (printk_get_level(buffer))
+			printk("%s", buffer);
+		else
+			printk(KERN_CONT "%s", buffer);
 	}
 #else
-	if (acpi_debugger_write_log(buffer) < 0)
-		printk(KERN_CONT "%s", buffer);
+	if (acpi_debugger_write_log(buffer) < 0) {
+		if (printk_get_level(buffer))
+			printk("%s", buffer);
+		else
+			printk(KERN_CONT "%s", buffer);
+	}
 #endif
 }