diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index c580233add95..1a1c5a6ab24e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3736,7 +3736,7 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_die_notifier = {
  * it if we decide to change what log level the ftrace dump
  * should be at.
  */
-#define KERN_TRACE		KERN_INFO
+#define KERN_TRACE		KERN_EMERG
 
 static void
 trace_printk_seq(struct trace_seq *s)