diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index 1aae78f775fc..4025fe4f928f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ int __kprobes __die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
 	unsigned short ss;
 	unsigned long sp;
 #endif
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "%s: %04lx [#%d] ", str, err & 0xffff, ++die_counter);
+	printk(KERN_DEFAULT
+	       "%s: %04lx [#%d] ", str, err & 0xffff, ++die_counter);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	printk("PREEMPT ");
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index 6d728d9284bd..42b2bca0b72c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -269,11 +269,11 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		unsigned char c;
 		u8 *ip;
 
-		printk(KERN_EMERG "Stack:\n");
+		printk(KERN_DEFAULT "Stack:\n");
 		show_stack_log_lvl(NULL, regs, (unsigned long *)sp,
-				   0, KERN_EMERG);
+				   0, KERN_DEFAULT);
 
-		printk(KERN_EMERG "Code: ");
+		printk(KERN_DEFAULT "Code: ");
 
 		ip = (u8 *)regs->ip - code_prologue;
 		if (ip < (u8 *)PAGE_OFFSET || probe_kernel_address(ip, c)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 9d74824a708d..f0b4caf85c1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ no_context(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 
 	stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
 	if (tsk != &init_task && *stackend != STACK_END_MAGIC)
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted\n");
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted\n");
 
 	tsk->thread.cr2		= address;
 	tsk->thread.trap_no	= 14;
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ no_context(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		sig = 0;
 
 	/* Executive summary in case the body of the oops scrolled away */
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "CR2: %016lx\n", address);
+	printk(KERN_DEFAULT "CR2: %016lx\n", address);
 
 	oops_end(flags, regs, sig);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 1d7bca7f4f52..d117262deba3 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 		if (__this_cpu_read(soft_watchdog_warn) == true)
 			return HRTIMER_RESTART;
 
-		printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %us! [%s:%d]\n",
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %us! [%s:%d]\n",
 			smp_processor_id(), duration,
 			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
 		print_modules();
diff --git a/lib/bug.c b/lib/bug.c
index 19552096d16b..a28c1415357c 100644
--- a/lib/bug.c
+++ b/lib/bug.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long bugaddr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN;
 	}
 
-	printk(KERN_EMERG "------------[ cut here ]------------\n");
+	printk(KERN_DEFAULT "------------[ cut here ]------------\n");
 
 	if (file)
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "kernel BUG at %s:%u!\n",