diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index f711b99..d150c57 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1486,26 +1486,33 @@ static const char *kmsg_to_str(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
  */
 void kmsg_dump(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
 {
-	unsigned long len = ACCESS_ONCE(log_end);
+	unsigned long end;
+	unsigned chars;
 	struct kmsg_dumper *dumper;
 	const char *s1, *s2;
 	unsigned long l1, l2;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	s1 = "";
-	l1 = 0;
-	s2 = log_buf;
-	l2 = len;
-
-	/* Have we rotated around the circular buffer? */
-	if (len > log_buf_len) {
-		unsigned long pos = len & LOG_BUF_MASK;
+	/* Theoretically, the log could move on after we do this, but
+	   there's not a log we can do about that. The new messages
+	   will overwrite the start of what we dump. */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+	end = log_end & LOG_BUF_MASK;
+	chars = logged_chars;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
 
-		s1 = log_buf + pos;
-		l1 = log_buf_len - pos;
+	if (logged_chars > end) {
+		s1 = log_buf + log_buf_len - logged_chars + end;
+		l1 = logged_chars - end;
 
 		s2 = log_buf;
-		l2 = pos;
+		l2 = end;
+	} else {
+		s1 = "";
+		l1 = 0;
+
+		s2 = log_buf + end - logged_chars;
+		l2 = logged_chars;
 	}
 
 	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&dump_list_lock, flags)) {