diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index e04c455a0e3860b2aa5784d4c2522a21300525e4..1ce770687ea83c6a05c562591fe475b5f2cc52d0 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1665,15 +1665,15 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 	raw_spin_lock(&logbuf_lock);
 	logbuf_cpu = this_cpu;
 
-	if (recursion_bug) {
+	if (unlikely(recursion_bug)) {
 		static const char recursion_msg[] =
 			"BUG: recent printk recursion!";
 
 		recursion_bug = 0;
-		text_len = strlen(recursion_msg);
 		/* emit KERN_CRIT message */
 		printed_len += log_store(0, 2, LOG_PREFIX|LOG_NEWLINE, 0,
-					 NULL, 0, recursion_msg, text_len);
+					 NULL, 0, recursion_msg,
+					 strlen(recursion_msg));
 	}
 
 	/*