diff --git a/lib/spinlock_debug.c b/lib/spinlock_debug.c
index dcd4be9..c8bb8cc 100644
--- a/lib/spinlock_debug.c
+++ b/lib/spinlock_debug.c
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 	if (xchg(&print_once, 0)) {
 		if (lock->owner && lock->owner != SPINLOCK_OWNER_INIT)
 			owner = lock->owner;
-		printk("BUG: spinlock %s on CPU#%d, %s/%d\n",
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: spinlock %s on CPU#%d, %s/%d\n",
 			msg, raw_smp_processor_id(),
 			current->comm, current->pid);
-		printk(" lock: %p, .magic: %08x, .owner: %s/%d, .owner_cpu: %d\n",
+		printk(KERN_EMERG " lock: %p, .magic: %08x, .owner: %s/%d, "
+				".owner_cpu: %d\n",
 			lock, lock->magic,
 			owner ? owner->comm : "<none>",
 			owner ? owner->pid : -1,
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@
 		/* lockup suspected: */
 		if (print_once) {
 			print_once = 0;
-			printk("BUG: spinlock lockup on CPU#%d, %s/%d, %p\n",
+			printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: spinlock lockup on CPU#%d, "
+					"%s/%d, %p\n",
 				raw_smp_processor_id(), current->comm,
 				current->pid, lock);
 			dump_stack();
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@
 	static long print_once = 1;
 
 	if (xchg(&print_once, 0)) {
-		printk("BUG: rwlock %s on CPU#%d, %s/%d, %p\n", msg,
-			raw_smp_processor_id(), current->comm,
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: rwlock %s on CPU#%d, %s/%d, %p\n",
+			msg, raw_smp_processor_id(), current->comm,
 			current->pid, lock);
 		dump_stack();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@
 		/* lockup suspected: */
 		if (print_once) {
 			print_once = 0;
-			printk("BUG: read-lock lockup on CPU#%d, %s/%d, %p\n",
+			printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: read-lock lockup on CPU#%d, "
+					"%s/%d, %p\n",
 				raw_smp_processor_id(), current->comm,
 				current->pid, lock);
 			dump_stack();
@@ -221,7 +224,8 @@
 		/* lockup suspected: */
 		if (print_once) {
 			print_once = 0;
-			printk("BUG: write-lock lockup on CPU#%d, %s/%d, %p\n",
+			printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: write-lock lockup on CPU#%d, "
+					"%s/%d, %p\n",
 				raw_smp_processor_id(), current->comm,
 				current->pid, lock);
 			dump_stack();