diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 319ff7e53efb..0990997a5304 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static inline const char *printk_skip_level(const char *buffer)
 }
 
 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
-#define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
+#define MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT CONFIG_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT
 
 /* We show everything that is MORE important than this.. */
 #define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT  0 /* Mum's the word */
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index ec3bfb0b1f62..770ed4821ba9 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 int console_printk[4] = {
 	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* console_loglevel */
-	DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL,	/* default_message_loglevel */
+	MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* default_message_loglevel */
 	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MIN,		/* minimum_console_loglevel */
 	CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* default_console_loglevel */
 };
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index cfe7df8f62cc..cb45f59685e6 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config PRINTK_TIME
 	  The behavior is also controlled by the kernel command line
 	  parameter printk.time=1. See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
 
-config DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
+config MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT
 	int "Default message log level (1-7)"
 	range 1 7
 	default "4"