diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index f7a55e9ff2f7..d4c86643258d 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 #include "braille.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
+extern void printascii(char *);
+#endif
+
 int console_printk[4] = {
 	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* console_loglevel */
 	MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* default_message_loglevel */
@@ -1842,6 +1846,10 @@ 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--;