diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 78e1b962fe35e4c83f6a0516709008d66fd40db5..4edfdda0cf99e0fa8bbc1933564550f3cdaac61b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2857,7 +2857,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&smi_infos_lock);
 
-	printk(" IPMI %s interface initialized\n",si_to_str[new_smi->si_type]);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "IPMI %s interface initialized\n",si_to_str[new_smi->si_type]);
 
 	return 0;