diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 12b71a4d4613..9817d171f608 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1888,6 +1888,17 @@ char *device_node_string(char *buf, char *end, struct device_node *dn,
 	return widen_string(buf, buf - buf_start, end, spec);
 }
 
+static char *kobject_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
+			    struct printf_spec spec, const char *fmt)
+{
+	switch (fmt[1]) {
+	case 'F':
+		return device_node_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
+	}
+
+	return ptr_to_id(buf, end, ptr, spec);
+}
+
 /*
  * Show a '%p' thing.  A kernel extension is that the '%p' is followed
  * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format
@@ -2082,11 +2093,7 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 	case 'G':
 		return flags_string(buf, end, ptr, fmt);
 	case 'O':
-		switch (fmt[1]) {
-		case 'F':
-			return device_node_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
-		}
-		break;
+		return kobject_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
 	case 'x':
 		return pointer_string(buf, end, ptr, spec);
 	}