diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 932ea21..f38b07f 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -653,6 +653,20 @@
 static int new_text_line = 1;
 static char printk_buf[1024];
 
+int printk_delay_msec __read_mostly;
+
+static inline void printk_delay(void)
+{
+	if (unlikely(printk_delay_msec)) {
+		int m = printk_delay_msec;
+
+		while (m--) {
+			mdelay(1);
+			touch_nmi_watchdog();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	int printed_len = 0;
@@ -662,6 +676,7 @@
 	char *p;
 
 	boot_delay_msec();
+	printk_delay();
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	/* This stops the holder of console_sem just where we want him */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6ba49c7..0dfaa47 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
 static int __maybe_unused two = 2;
 static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
 static int one_hundred = 100;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
+static int ten_thousand = 10000;
+#endif
 
 /* this is needed for the proc_doulongvec_minmax of vm_dirty_bytes */
 static unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -722,6 +725,17 @@
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "printk_delay",
+		.data		= &printk_delay_msec,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &ten_thousand,
+	},
 #endif
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= KERN_NGROUPS_MAX,