diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index c637cb687cf2..f7f359d45823 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ void trace_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace)
  * trace_vbprintk - write binary msg to tracing buffer
  *
  */
-int trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+int trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	static raw_spinlock_t trace_buf_lock =
 		(raw_spinlock_t)__RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
@@ -1236,7 +1236,6 @@ int trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
 	entry->ip			= ip;
-	entry->depth			= depth;
 	entry->fmt			= fmt;
 
 	memcpy(entry->buf, trace_buf, sizeof(u32) * len);
@@ -1254,7 +1253,7 @@ int trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_vbprintk);
 
-int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	static raw_spinlock_t trace_buf_lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 	static char trace_buf[TRACE_BUF_SIZE];
@@ -1291,7 +1290,6 @@ int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
 	entry->ip			= ip;
-	entry->depth			= depth;
 
 	memcpy(&entry->buf, trace_buf, len);
 	entry->buf[len] = 0;
@@ -3140,7 +3138,7 @@ static int mark_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 	int ret;
 	va_list args;
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	ret = trace_vprintk(0, -1, fmt, args);
+	ret = trace_vprintk(0, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 38276d1638e3..7c9a0cbf5dca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ struct userstack_entry {
 struct bprint_entry {
 	struct trace_entry	ent;
 	unsigned long		ip;
-	int			depth;
 	const char		*fmt;
 	u32			buf[];
 };
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ struct bprint_entry {
 struct print_entry {
 	struct trace_entry	ent;
 	unsigned long		ip;
-	int			depth;
 	char			buf[];
 };
 
@@ -598,9 +596,9 @@ extern int trace_selftest_startup_branch(struct tracer *trace,
 extern void *head_page(struct trace_array_cpu *data);
 extern long ns2usecs(cycle_t nsec);
 extern int
-trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 extern int
-trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 
 extern unsigned long trace_flags;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h b/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h
index 019915063fe6..fd78bee71dd7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(user_stack, TRACE_USER_STACK, userstack_entry, ignore,
 TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(bprint, TRACE_BPRINT, bprint_entry, ignore,
 	TRACE_STRUCT(
 		TRACE_FIELD(unsigned long, ip, ip)
-		TRACE_FIELD(unsigned int, depth, depth)
 		TRACE_FIELD(char *, fmt, fmt)
 		TRACE_FIELD_ZERO_CHAR(buf)
 	),
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(bprint, TRACE_BPRINT, bprint_entry, ignore,
 TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(print, TRACE_PRINT, print_entry, ignore,
 	TRACE_STRUCT(
 		TRACE_FIELD(unsigned long, ip, ip)
-		TRACE_FIELD(unsigned int, depth, depth)
 		TRACE_FIELD_ZERO_CHAR(buf)
 	),
 	TP_RAW_FMT("%08lx (%d) fmt:%p %s")
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
index f095916e477f..8e37fcddd8b4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
@@ -359,5 +359,5 @@ void mmio_trace_mapping(struct mmiotrace_map *map)
 
 int mmio_trace_printk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
-	return trace_vprintk(0, -1, fmt, args);
+	return trace_vprintk(0, fmt, args);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
index 486785214e3e..eb81556107fe 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int __trace_bprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...)
 		return 0;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	ret = trace_vbprintk(ip, task_curr_ret_stack(current), fmt, ap);
+	ret = trace_vbprintk(ip, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int __ftrace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	if (!(trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_PRINTK))
 		return 0;
 
-	return trace_vbprintk(ip, task_curr_ret_stack(current), fmt, ap);
+	return trace_vbprintk(ip, fmt, ap);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ftrace_vbprintk);
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...)
 		return 0;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	ret = trace_vprintk(ip, task_curr_ret_stack(current), fmt, ap);
+	ret = trace_vprintk(ip, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ int __ftrace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	if (!(trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_PRINTK))
 		return 0;
 
-	return trace_vprintk(ip, task_curr_ret_stack(current), fmt, ap);
+	return trace_vprintk(ip, fmt, ap);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ftrace_vprintk);