1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 12886cd19cd9..505863aa3a7f 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
         for (i = 0; i < msg->text_len; i++) {
                 unsigned char c = log_text(msg)[i];
 
-                if (c < ' ' || c >= 128)
+                if (c < ' ' || c >= 127 || c == '\\')
                         len += sprintf(user->buf + len, "\\x%02x", c);
                 else
                         user->buf[len++] = c;
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
                                 continue;
                         }
 
-                        if (c < ' ' || c >= 128) {
+                        if (c < ' ' || c >= 127 || c == '\\') {
                                 len += sprintf(user->buf + len, "\\x%02x", c);
                                 continue;
                         }