1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index f8b41bddc6dc..b1d255f04135 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1595,10 +1595,13 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
                  * either merge it with the current buffer and flush, or if
                  * there was a race with interrupts (prefix == true) then just
                  * flush it out and store this line separately.
+                 * If the preceding printk was from a different task and missed
+                 * a newline, flush and append the newline.
                  */
-                if (cont.len && cont.owner == current) {
-                        if (!(lflags & LOG_PREFIX))
-                                stored = cont_add(facility, level, text, text_len);
+                if (cont.len) {
+                        if (cont.owner == current && !(lflags & LOG_PREFIX))
+                                stored = cont_add(facility, level, text,
+                                                  text_len);
                         cont_flush(LOG_NEWLINE);
                 }