diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index a3a5574a61fc..d0a16fe03fef 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -516,9 +516,30 @@ do {									\
  * Please refrain from leaving trace_printks scattered around in
  * your code. (Extra memory is used for special buffers that are
  * allocated when trace_printk() is used)
+ *
+ * A little optization trick is done here. If there's only one
+ * argument, there's no need to scan the string for printf formats.
+ * The trace_puts() will suffice. But how can we take advantage of
+ * using trace_puts() when trace_printk() has only one argument?
+ * By stringifying the args and checking the size we can tell
+ * whether or not there are args. __stringify((__VA_ARGS__)) will
+ * turn into "()\0" with a size of 3 when there are no args, anything
+ * else will be bigger. All we need to do is define a string to this,
+ * and then take its size and compare to 3. If it's bigger, use
+ * do_trace_printk() otherwise, optimize it to trace_puts(). Then just
+ * let gcc optimize the rest.
  */
 
-#define trace_printk(fmt, args...)					\
+#define trace_printk(fmt, ...)				\
+do {							\
+	char _______STR[] = __stringify((__VA_ARGS__));	\
+	if (sizeof(_______STR) > 3)			\
+		do_trace_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+	else						\
+		trace_puts(fmt);			\
+} while (0)
+
+#define do_trace_printk(fmt, args...)					\
 do {									\
 	static const char *trace_printk_fmt				\
 		__attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) =	\