diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index f54734abf9466ba12e68c34d4b662e57c27de8ee..5c90c54529a79bbf8976349cc11edfb22ed70716 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -423,9 +423,16 @@ static struct kmemleak_object *lookup_object(unsigned long ptr, int alias)
 		else if (object->pointer == ptr || alias)
 			return object;
 		else {
+			/*
+			 * Printk deferring due to the kmemleak_lock held.
+			 * This is done to avoid deadlock.
+			 */
+			printk_safe_enter();
 			kmemleak_warn("Found object by alias at 0x%08lx\n",
 				      ptr);
 			dump_object_info(object);
+			printk_safe_exit();
+
 			break;
 		}
 	}