diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c b/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c
index 809f92492ec7b13b205d21b655e7d1f48a854d06..c97845688fe196a5bbe9b4c1615b254af121fbfd 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_safe.c
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ void printk_safe_flush(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
+	if (raw_spin_is_locked(&logbuf_lock) &&
+	    (this_cpu_read(printk_context) & PRINTK_SAFE_CONTEXT_MASK))
+		return;
+
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK_NMI
 		__printk_safe_flush(&per_cpu(nmi_print_seq, cpu).work);