1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 1d7bca7f4f52..d117262deba3 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
                 if (__this_cpu_read(soft_watchdog_warn) == true)
                         return HRTIMER_RESTART;
 
-                printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %us! [%s:%d]\n",
+                printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %us! [%s:%d]\n",
                         smp_processor_id(), duration,
                         current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
                 print_modules();