diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 7b9ab2050b84..9c09ca5c4ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -735,7 +735,12 @@ static int really_probe_debug(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	calltime = ktime_get();
 	ret = really_probe(dev, drv);
 	rettime = ktime_get();
-	pr_debug("probe of %s returned %d after %lld usecs\n",
+	/*
+	 * Don't change this to pr_debug() because that requires
+	 * CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG and we want a simple 'initcall_debug' on the
+	 * kernel commandline to print this all the time at the debug level.
+	 */
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "probe of %s returned %d after %lld usecs\n",
 		 dev_name(dev), ret, ktime_us_delta(rettime, calltime));
 	return ret;
 }