diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 9df0e3b19f09..58e8430165b5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ static int clockevents_increase_min_delta(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
 	/* Nothing to do if we already reached the limit */
 	if (dev->min_delta_ns >= MIN_DELTA_LIMIT) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "CE: Reprogramming failure. Giving up\n");
+		printk_deferred(KERN_WARNING
+				"CE: Reprogramming failure. Giving up\n");
 		dev->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
 		return -ETIME;
 	}
@@ -151,9 +152,10 @@ static int clockevents_increase_min_delta(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 	if (dev->min_delta_ns > MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
 		dev->min_delta_ns = MIN_DELTA_LIMIT;
 
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "CE: %s increased min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
-	       dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
-	       (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns);
+	printk_deferred(KERN_WARNING
+			"CE: %s increased min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
+			dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+			(unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns);
 	return 0;
 }