diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.h b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
index 8d9c468..d36fe4e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
@@ -190,7 +190,13 @@ extern spinlock_t dbg_lock;
 } while (0)
 
 /* Just a debugging messages not related to any specific UBIFS subsystem */
-#define dbg_msg(fmt, ...)   ubifs_dbg_msg("msg", fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define dbg_msg(fmt, ...) do {                                                \
+	spin_lock(&dbg_lock);                                                 \
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "UBIFS DBG (pid %d): %s: " fmt "\n", current->pid,  \
+	       __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                      \
+	spin_unlock(&dbg_lock);                                               \
+} while (0)
+
 /* General messages */
 #define dbg_gen(fmt, ...)   ubifs_dbg_msg("gen", fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 /* Additional journal messages */