diff --git a/fs/proc/kmsg.c b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
index bd4b5a740ff1b9de6492f5da9adaf7e500d35b25..bdfabdaefdceab967df948cd3509a39990d3fe8b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kmsg.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ extern wait_queue_head_t log_wait;
 
 static int kmsg_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
-	return do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
+	return do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_PROC);
 }
 
 static int kmsg_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
-	(void) do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
+	(void) do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_PROC);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ static ssize_t kmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) &&
-	    !do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
+	    !do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_PROC))
 		return -EAGAIN;
-	return do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_READ, buf, count, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
+	return do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_READ, buf, count, SYSLOG_FROM_PROC);
 }
 
 static unsigned int kmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	poll_wait(file, &log_wait, wait);
-	if (do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
+	if (do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_PROC))
 		return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/syslog.h b/include/linux/syslog.h
index 38911391a139a37376e2053008d6e7bb49559cd5..98a3153c0f964e9e5a2d9402d15e9fa8788e2d57 100644
--- a/include/linux/syslog.h
+++ b/include/linux/syslog.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 /* Return size of the log buffer */
 #define SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER   10
 
-#define SYSLOG_FROM_CALL 0
-#define SYSLOG_FROM_FILE 1
+#define SYSLOG_FROM_READER           0
+#define SYSLOG_FROM_PROC             1
 
 int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int count, bool from_file);
 
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index fa36e149442092f28dd339b03345f2a07fe91b31..8212c1aef125f2d4290cbe0e55564d7e9a5a57de 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -363,6 +363,53 @@ static void log_store(int facility, int level,
 	log_next_seq++;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT
+int dmesg_restrict = 1;
+#else
+int dmesg_restrict;
+#endif
+
+static int syslog_action_restricted(int type)
+{
+	if (dmesg_restrict)
+		return 1;
+	/*
+	 * Unless restricted, we allow "read all" and "get buffer size"
+	 * for everybody.
+	 */
+	return type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
+	       type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER;
+}
+
+static int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If this is from /proc/kmsg and we've already opened it, then we've
+	 * already done the capabilities checks at open time.
+	 */
+	if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) {
+		if (capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+			return 0;
+		/*
+		 * For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with
+		 * a warning.
+		 */
+		if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+			pr_warn_once("%s (%d): Attempt to access syslog with "
+				     "CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG "
+				     "(deprecated).\n",
+				 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+	return security_syslog(type);
+}
+
+
 /* /dev/kmsg - userspace message inject/listen interface */
 struct devkmsg_user {
 	u64 seq;
@@ -620,7 +667,8 @@ static int devkmsg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_WRONLY)
 		return 0;
 
-	err = security_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL);
+	err = check_syslog_permissions(SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL,
+				       SYSLOG_FROM_READER);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -813,45 +861,6 @@ static inline void boot_delay_msec(int level)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT
-int dmesg_restrict = 1;
-#else
-int dmesg_restrict;
-#endif
-
-static int syslog_action_restricted(int type)
-{
-	if (dmesg_restrict)
-		return 1;
-	/* Unless restricted, we allow "read all" and "get buffer size" for everybody */
-	return type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER;
-}
-
-static int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If this is from /proc/kmsg and we've already opened it, then we've
-	 * already done the capabilities checks at open time.
-	 */
-	if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) {
-		if (capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
-			return 0;
-		/* For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with a warning */
-		if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-			printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s (%d): "
-				 "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
-				 "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).\n",
-				 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
-			return 0;
-		}
-		return -EPERM;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME)
 static bool printk_time = 1;
 #else
@@ -1249,7 +1258,7 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len)
 {
-	return do_syslog(type, buf, len, SYSLOG_FROM_CALL);
+	return do_syslog(type, buf, len, SYSLOG_FROM_READER);
 }
 
 /*