diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5043a0c4dde0..d372c6504c99 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -443,16 +443,16 @@ void tracing_snapshot(void)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!tr->allocated_snapshot) {
-		trace_printk("*** SNAPSHOT NOT ALLOCATED ***\n");
-		trace_printk("*** stopping trace here!   ***\n");
+		internal_trace_puts("*** SNAPSHOT NOT ALLOCATED ***\n");
+		internal_trace_puts("*** stopping trace here!   ***\n");
 		tracing_off();
 		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Note, snapshot can not be used when the tracer uses it */
 	if (tracer->use_max_tr) {
-		trace_printk("*** LATENCY TRACER ACTIVE ***\n");
-		trace_printk("*** Can not use snapshot (sorry) ***\n");
+		internal_trace_puts("*** LATENCY TRACER ACTIVE ***\n");
+		internal_trace_puts("*** Can not use snapshot (sorry) ***\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index d5764a8532e2..0e430b401ab6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1040,6 +1040,17 @@ void trace_printk_start_comm(void);
 int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set);
 int set_tracer_flag(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned int mask, int enabled);
 
+/*
+ * Normal trace_printk() and friends allocates special buffers
+ * to do the manipulation, as well as saves the print formats
+ * into sections to display. But the trace infrastructure wants
+ * to use these without the added overhead at the price of being
+ * a bit slower (used mainly for warnings, where we don't care
+ * about performance). The internal_trace_puts() is for such
+ * a purpose.
+ */
+#define internal_trace_puts(str) __trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str, strlen(str))
+
 #undef FTRACE_ENTRY
 #define FTRACE_ENTRY(call, struct_name, id, tstruct, print, filter)	\
 	extern struct ftrace_event_call					\