diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index a30fe33..9758c4f 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  *	01Mar01 Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
  */
 
+extern void printascii(const char *);
+
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
@@ -653,6 +655,8 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	/* Emit the output into the temporary buffer */
 	printed_len = vscnprintf(printk_buf, sizeof(printk_buf), fmt, args);
 
+	printascii(printk_buf);
+
 	/*
 	 * Copy the output into log_buf.  If the caller didn't provide
 	 * appropriate log level tags, we insert them here