diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 484114d70743..88bd9ae2a9ed 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1361,11 +1361,7 @@ int trace_array_vprintk(struct trace_array *tr,
 	pause_graph_tracing();
 	raw_local_irq_save(irq_flags);
 	__raw_spin_lock(&trace_buf_lock);
-	if (args == NULL) {
-		strncpy(trace_buf, fmt, TRACE_BUF_SIZE);
-		len = strlen(trace_buf);
-	} else
-		len = vsnprintf(trace_buf, TRACE_BUF_SIZE, fmt, args);
+	len = vsnprintf(trace_buf, TRACE_BUF_SIZE, fmt, args);
 
 	size = sizeof(*entry) + len + 1;
 	buffer = tr->buffer;
@@ -3353,6 +3349,16 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	return cnt;
 }
 
+static int mark_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int ret;
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	ret = trace_vprintk(0, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 					size_t cnt, loff_t *fpos)
@@ -3379,7 +3385,7 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	} else
 		buf[cnt] = '\0';
 
-	cnt = trace_vprintk(0, buf, NULL);
+	cnt = mark_printk("%s", buf);
 	kfree(buf);
 	*fpos += cnt;