diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index cb8a112030bb..c8f3ed62cee1 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 	unsigned long value = (unsigned long) ptr;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 	char sym[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
-	if (ext != 'f')
+	if (ext != 'f' && ext != 's')
 		sprint_symbol(sym, value);
 	else
 		kallsyms_lookup(value, NULL, NULL, NULL, sym);
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ static char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 	case 'F':
 	case 'f':
 		ptr = dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+	case 's':
 		/* Fallthrough */
 	case 'S':
 		return symbol_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, *fmt);
@@ -1063,7 +1064,8 @@ qualifier:
  * @args: Arguments for the format string
  *
  * This function follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions:
- * %pS output the name of a text symbol
+ * %pS output the name of a text symbol with offset
+ * %ps output the name of a text symbol without offset
  * %pF output the name of a function pointer with its offset
  * %pf output the name of a function pointer without its offset
  * %pR output the address range in a struct resource