diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c993b5143820..9d9bee0b1d7a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8d783b3e02002bce8cf9d4e4a82922ee7e59b1e5
+refs/heads/master: ac25575203c11145066ea5cb583354cb5f0a8ade
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/printk.c b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
index 3a442bfb8bee..5092397fac29 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
@@ -588,8 +588,7 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 			log_level_unknown = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!cpu_online(smp_processor_id()) &&
-	    system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
+	if (!cpu_online(smp_processor_id())) {
 		/*
 		 * Some console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have
 		 * been allocated.  So don't allow them to be called by this