1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index fea2de37b645..93a231f9835c 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ extern const char linux_proc_banner[];
 
 static inline int printk_get_level(const char *buffer)
 {
-        if (buffer[0] == '<' && buffer[1] && buffer[2] == '>') {
+        if (buffer[0] == KERN_SOH_ASCII && buffer[1]) {
                 switch (buffer[1]) {
                 case '0' ... '7':
                 case 'd':       /* KERN_DEFAULT */
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static inline const char *printk_skip_level(const char *buffer)
                 case '0' ... '7':
                 case 'd':       /* KERN_DEFAULT */
                 case 'c':       /* KERN_CONT */
-                        return buffer + 3;
+                        return buffer + 2;
                 }
         }
         return buffer;