diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4e33ad12bb68..a2348deab7a3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3246,7 +3246,7 @@ static inline void check_schedstat_required(void)
 			trace_sched_stat_iowait_enabled()  ||
 			trace_sched_stat_blocked_enabled() ||
 			trace_sched_stat_runtime_enabled())  {
-		pr_warn_once("Scheduler tracepoints stat_sleep, stat_iowait, "
+		printk_deferred_once("Scheduler tracepoints stat_sleep, stat_iowait, "
 			     "stat_blocked and stat_runtime require the "
 			     "kernel parameter schedstats=enabled or "
 			     "kernel.sched_schedstats=1\n");