diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 247808333ba4..3999c295d6f7 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int console_msg_format = MSG_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
  */
 
 enum log_flags {
-	LOG_NOCONS	= 1,	/* already flushed, do not print to console */
+	LOG_NOCONS	= 1,	/* suppress print, do not print to console */
 	LOG_NEWLINE	= 2,	/* text ended with a newline */
 	LOG_PREFIX	= 4,	/* text started with a prefix */
 	LOG_CONT	= 8,	/* text is a fragment of a continuation line */
@@ -1886,6 +1886,9 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 	if (dict)
 		lflags |= LOG_PREFIX|LOG_NEWLINE;
 
+	if (suppress_message_printing(level))
+		lflags |= LOG_NOCONS;
+
 	printed_len = log_output(facility, level, lflags, dict, dictlen, text, text_len);
 
 	logbuf_unlock_irqrestore(flags);
@@ -2349,11 +2352,10 @@ skip:
 			break;
 
 		msg = log_from_idx(console_idx);
-		if (suppress_message_printing(msg->level)) {
+		if (msg->flags & LOG_NOCONS) {
 			/*
-			 * Skip record we have buffered and already printed
-			 * directly to the console when we received it, and
-			 * record that has level above the console loglevel.
+			 * Skip record if !ignore_loglevel, and
+			 * record has level above the console loglevel.
 			 */
 			console_idx = log_next(console_idx);
 			console_seq++;