1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 3ffdcfa9abdf..9fa33886c0d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ out:
 static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
         char *v = c->x86_vendor_id;
-        static int printed;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < X86_VENDOR_NUM; i++) {
@@ -504,13 +503,9 @@ static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (!printed) {
-                printed++;
-                printk(KERN_ERR
-                    "CPU: vendor_id '%s' unknown, using generic init.\n", v);
-
-                printk(KERN_ERR "CPU: Your system may be unstable.\n");
-        }
+        printk_once(KERN_ERR
+                        "CPU: vendor_id '%s' unknown, using generic init.\n" \
+                        "CPU: Your system may be unstable.\n", v);
 
         c->x86_vendor = X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN;
         this_cpu = &default_cpu;