diff --git a/include/linux/kern_levels.h b/include/linux/kern_levels.h
index 8c719a955b5be814b81c52aae3244cd16411f1f4..866caaa9e2bb36fe363fd6cf672e0bb8096bfb8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kern_levels.h
+++ b/include/linux/kern_levels.h
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
  * line that had no enclosing \n). Only to be used by core/arch code
  * during early bootup (a continued line is not SMP-safe otherwise).
  */
-#define KERN_CONT	KERN_SOH "c"
+#define KERN_CONT	""
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 93a231f9835cae0bbf3b52d547ac465d6eba0ab1..9afc01e5a0a61ce5f4a9fe1e53ad6e0fb1b8e5bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ static inline int printk_get_level(const char *buffer)
 		switch (buffer[1]) {
 		case '0' ... '7':
 		case 'd':	/* KERN_DEFAULT */
-		case 'c':	/* KERN_CONT */
 			return buffer[1];
 		}
 	}
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ static inline const char *printk_skip_level(const char *buffer)
 		switch (buffer[1]) {
 		case '0' ... '7':
 		case 'd':	/* KERN_DEFAULT */
-		case 'c':	/* KERN_CONT */
 			return buffer + 2;
 		}
 	}