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diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/report.c b/kernel/kcsan/report.c
index ac5f8345bae9..6b2fb1a6d8cd 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/report.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/report.c
@@ -606,10 +606,11 @@ void kcsan_report(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
goto out;
/*
- * With TRACE_IRQFLAGS, lockdep's IRQ trace state becomes corrupted if
- * we do not turn off lockdep here; this could happen due to recursion
- * into lockdep via KCSAN if we detect a race in utilities used by
- * lockdep.
+ * Because we may generate reports when we're in scheduler code, the use
+ * of printk() could deadlock. Until such time that all printing code
+ * called in print_report() is scheduler-safe, accept the risk, and just
+ * get our message out. As such, also disable lockdep to hide the
+ * warning, and avoid disabling lockdep for the rest of the kernel.
*/
lockdep_off();