diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4fb04b5f571f..1617cc865d82 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 49f4138346b3cec2706adff02658fe27ceb1e46f
+refs/heads/master: 61ab25447ad6334a74e32f60efb135a3467223f8
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/printk.c b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
index cf7588e93f6f..a23315dc4498 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1082,6 +1082,8 @@ void printk_tick(void)
 
 int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu)
 {
+	if (unlikely(cpu_is_offline(cpu)))
+		printk_tick();
 	return per_cpu(printk_pending, cpu);
 }