diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index 2ba5bd9c8c1bb2087c5ff430f22867ae325463b1..e1b402c6b855a50072d127974e9002c518fa3872 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ static int __init ip_tables_init(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err5;
 
-	printk("ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team\n");
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team\n");
 	return 0;
 
 err5: