1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 577f2288d19f..a3ce35e0fa1e 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1926,7 +1926,8 @@ int vprintk_default(const char *fmt, va_list args)
         int r;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB
-        if (unlikely(kdb_trap_printk)) {
+        /* Allow to pass printk() to kdb but avoid a recursion. */
+        if (unlikely(kdb_trap_printk && kdb_printf_cpu < 0)) {
                 r = vkdb_printf(KDB_MSGSRC_PRINTK, fmt, args);
                 return r;
         }