diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 50b2703d6d6a..b3c454b733da 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1583,46 +1583,25 @@ static inline void printk_delay(void)
 static struct cont {
 	char buf[LOG_LINE_MAX];
 	size_t len;			/* length == 0 means unused buffer */
-	size_t cons;			/* bytes written to console */
 	struct task_struct *owner;	/* task of first print*/
 	u64 ts_nsec;			/* time of first print */
 	u8 level;			/* log level of first message */
 	u8 facility;			/* log facility of first message */
 	enum log_flags flags;		/* prefix, newline flags */
-	bool flushed:1;			/* buffer sealed and committed */
 } cont;
 
 static void cont_flush(void)
 {
-	if (cont.flushed)
-		return;
 	if (cont.len == 0)
 		return;
-	if (cont.cons) {
-		/*
-		 * If a fragment of this line was directly flushed to the
-		 * console; wait for the console to pick up the rest of the
-		 * line. LOG_NOCONS suppresses a duplicated output.
-		 */
-		log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, cont.flags | LOG_NOCONS,
-			  cont.ts_nsec, NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
-		cont.flushed = true;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * If no fragment of this line ever reached the console,
-		 * just submit it to the store and free the buffer.
-		 */
-		log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, cont.flags, 0,
-			  NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
-		cont.len = 0;
-	}
+
+	log_store(cont.facility, cont.level, cont.flags, cont.ts_nsec,
+		  NULL, 0, cont.buf, cont.len);
+	cont.len = 0;
 }
 
 static bool cont_add(int facility, int level, enum log_flags flags, const char *text, size_t len)
 {
-	if (cont.len && cont.flushed)
-		return false;
-
 	/*
 	 * If ext consoles are present, flush and skip in-kernel
 	 * continuation.  See nr_ext_console_drivers definition.  Also, if
@@ -1639,8 +1618,6 @@ static bool cont_add(int facility, int level, enum log_flags flags, const char *
 		cont.owner = current;
 		cont.ts_nsec = local_clock();
 		cont.flags = flags;
-		cont.cons = 0;
-		cont.flushed = false;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(cont.buf + cont.len, text, len);
@@ -1659,34 +1636,6 @@ static bool cont_add(int facility, int level, enum log_flags flags, const char *
 	return true;
 }
 
-static size_t cont_print_text(char *text, size_t size)
-{
-	size_t textlen = 0;
-	size_t len;
-
-	if (cont.cons == 0) {
-		textlen += print_time(cont.ts_nsec, text);
-		size -= textlen;
-	}
-
-	len = cont.len - cont.cons;
-	if (len > 0) {
-		if (len+1 > size)
-			len = size-1;
-		memcpy(text + textlen, cont.buf + cont.cons, len);
-		textlen += len;
-		cont.cons = cont.len;
-	}
-
-	if (cont.flushed) {
-		if (cont.flags & LOG_NEWLINE)
-			text[textlen++] = '\n';
-		/* got everything, release buffer */
-		cont.len = 0;
-	}
-	return textlen;
-}
-
 static size_t log_output(int facility, int level, enum log_flags lflags, const char *dict, size_t dictlen, char *text, size_t text_len)
 {
 	/*
@@ -1957,7 +1906,6 @@ static void call_console_drivers(int level,
 				 const char *text, size_t len) {}
 static size_t msg_print_text(const struct printk_log *msg,
 			     bool syslog, char *buf, size_t size) { return 0; }
-static size_t cont_print_text(char *text, size_t size) { return 0; }
 static bool suppress_message_printing(int level) { return false; }
 
 /* Still needs to be defined for users */
@@ -2221,42 +2169,6 @@ static inline int can_use_console(void)
 	return cpu_online(raw_smp_processor_id()) || have_callable_console();
 }
 
-static void console_cont_flush(char *text, size_t size)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	size_t len;
-
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
-
-	if (!cont.len)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (suppress_message_printing(cont.level)) {
-		cont.cons = cont.len;
-		if (cont.flushed)
-			cont.len = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * We still queue earlier records, likely because the console was
-	 * busy. The earlier ones need to be printed before this one, we
-	 * did not flush any fragment so far, so just let it queue up.
-	 */
-	if (console_seq < log_next_seq && !cont.cons)
-		goto out;
-
-	len = cont_print_text(text, size);
-	raw_spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock);
-	stop_critical_timings();
-	call_console_drivers(cont.level, NULL, 0, text, len);
-	start_critical_timings();
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-	return;
-out:
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
-}
-
 /**
  * console_unlock - unlock the console system
  *
@@ -2310,9 +2222,6 @@ again:
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* flush buffered message fragment immediately to console */
-	console_cont_flush(text, sizeof(text));
-
 	for (;;) {
 		struct printk_log *msg;
 		size_t ext_len = 0;
@@ -2341,8 +2250,7 @@ skip:
 
 		msg = log_from_idx(console_idx);
 		level = msg->level;
-		if ((msg->flags & LOG_NOCONS) ||
-				suppress_message_printing(level)) {
+		if (suppress_message_printing(level)) {
 			/*
 			 * Skip record we have buffered and already printed
 			 * directly to the console when we received it, and
@@ -2350,12 +2258,6 @@ skip:
 			 */
 			console_idx = log_next(console_idx);
 			console_seq++;
-			/*
-			 * We will get here again when we register a new
-			 * CON_PRINTBUFFER console. Clear the flag so we
-			 * will properly dump everything later.
-			 */
-			msg->flags &= ~LOG_NOCONS;
 			goto skip;
 		}