diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c b/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c
index 2918bc19f294..ce140ffc54ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ static int __init ram_console_module_init(void)
 	return platform_driver_probe(&ram_console_driver, ram_console_probe);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PRINTK
+#define dmesg_restrict	0
+#endif
+
 static ssize_t ram_console_read_old(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				    size_t len, loff_t *offset)
 {