diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 837a94b7024d..f6d549a29a5c 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	static char buf[1024];
 	va_list args;
-	long i, i_next = 0;
+	long i, i_next = 0, len;
 	int state = 0;
 	int old_cpu, this_cpu;
 	bool _crash_kexec_post_notifiers = crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	console_verbose();
 	bust_spinlocks(1);
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
+	len = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
+
+	if (len && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
+		buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+
 	pr_emerg("Kernel panic - not syncing: %s\n", buf);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 	/*