diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 4dae9cbe9259..521a0c7155a3 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 #include "console_cmdline.h"
 #include "braille.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
+extern void printascii(char *);
+#endif
+
 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
 #define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
 
@@ -1542,6 +1546,10 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 	 */
 	text_len = vscnprintf(text, sizeof(textbuf), fmt, args);
 
+#ifdef	CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
+	printascii(text);
+#endif
+
 	/* mark and strip a trailing newline */
 	if (text_len && text[text_len-1] == '\n') {
 		text_len--;