diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0a23ad1a978f..a77e8d0a8ee2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c2c5a7051c556036b7beb8f4a89eefdc91c3245b
+refs/heads/master: 05e4e5b87aab74f994acf9dd4bed4a8f1367cd09
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
index d325b9dab3ff..dff94c8fb350 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1913,6 +1913,33 @@ int create_syslog_header(const struct device *dev, char *hdr, size_t hdrlen)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_syslog_header);
 
+int dev_vprintk_emit(int level, const struct device *dev,
+		     const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	char hdr[128];
+	size_t hdrlen;
+
+	hdrlen = create_syslog_header(dev, hdr, sizeof(hdr));
+
+	return vprintk_emit(0, level, hdrlen ? hdr : NULL, hdrlen, fmt, args);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_vprintk_emit);
+
+int dev_printk_emit(int level, const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int r;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+
+	r = dev_vprintk_emit(level, dev, fmt, args);
+
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return r;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_printk_emit);
+
 static int __dev_printk(const char *level, const struct device *dev,
 			struct va_format *vaf)
 {
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/device.h b/trunk/include/linux/device.h
index a1443b48ed4b..0d9ba0c09791 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/device.h
@@ -897,6 +897,10 @@ extern const char *dev_driver_string(const struct device *dev);
 
 extern int create_syslog_header(const struct device *dev,
 				char *hdr, size_t hdrlen);
+extern int dev_vprintk_emit(int level, const struct device *dev,
+			    const char *fmt, va_list args);
+extern __printf(3, 4)
+int dev_printk_emit(int level, const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 extern __printf(3, 4)
 int dev_printk(const char *level, const struct device *dev,
@@ -918,6 +922,13 @@ int _dev_info(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #else
 
+static int dev_vprintk_emit(int level, const struct device *dev,
+			    const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{ return 0; }
+static inline __printf(3, 4)
+int dev_printk_emit(int level, const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
+{ return 0; }
+
 static inline int __dev_printk(const char *level, const struct device *dev,
 			       struct va_format *vaf)
 { return 0; }