diff --git a/kernel/printk/internal.h b/kernel/printk/internal.h
index 51615c909b2f..1075e60fcd98 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/internal.h
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 #define PRINTK_NMI_CONTEXT_OFFSET	0x010000000
 
+/* Flags for a single printk record. */
+enum printk_info_flags {
+	LOG_NEWLINE	= 2,	/* text ended with a newline */
+	LOG_CONT	= 8,	/* text is a fragment of a continuation line */
+};
+
 __printf(4, 0)
 int vprintk_store(int facility, int level,
 		  const struct dev_printk_info *dev_info,
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 142a58d124d9..39f1ec22a6a6 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -350,11 +350,6 @@ static int console_msg_format = MSG_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
  * non-prinatable characters are escaped in the "\xff" notation.
  */
 
-enum log_flags {
-	LOG_NEWLINE	= 2,	/* text ended with a newline */
-	LOG_CONT	= 8,	/* text is a fragment of a continuation line */
-};
-
 /* syslog_lock protects syslog_* variables and write access to clear_seq. */
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(syslog_lock);
 
@@ -1965,19 +1960,20 @@ static inline u32 printk_caller_id(void)
  *
  * @text:     The terminated text message.
  * @level:    A pointer to the current level value, will be updated.
- * @lflags:   A pointer to the current log flags, will be updated.
+ * @flags:    A pointer to the current printk_info flags, will be updated.
  *
  * @level may be NULL if the caller is not interested in the parsed value.
  * Otherwise the variable pointed to by @level must be set to
  * LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT in order to be updated with the parsed value.
  *
- * @lflags may be NULL if the caller is not interested in the parsed value.
- * Otherwise the variable pointed to by @lflags will be OR'd with the parsed
+ * @flags may be NULL if the caller is not interested in the parsed value.
+ * Otherwise the variable pointed to by @flags will be OR'd with the parsed
  * value.
  *
  * Return: The length of the parsed level and control flags.
  */
-static u16 parse_prefix(char *text, int *level, enum log_flags *lflags)
+static u16 parse_prefix(char *text, int *level,
+			enum printk_info_flags *flags)
 {
 	u16 prefix_len = 0;
 	int kern_level;
@@ -1993,8 +1989,8 @@ static u16 parse_prefix(char *text, int *level, enum log_flags *lflags)
 				*level = kern_level - '0';
 			break;
 		case 'c':	/* KERN_CONT */
-			if (lflags)
-				*lflags |= LOG_CONT;
+			if (flags)
+				*flags |= LOG_CONT;
 		}
 
 		prefix_len += 2;
@@ -2004,8 +2000,9 @@ static u16 parse_prefix(char *text, int *level, enum log_flags *lflags)
 	return prefix_len;
 }
 
-static u16 printk_sprint(char *text, u16 size, int facility, enum log_flags *lflags,
-			 const char *fmt, va_list args)
+static u16 printk_sprint(char *text, u16 size, int facility,
+			 enum printk_info_flags *flags, const char *fmt,
+			 va_list args)
 {
 	u16 text_len;
 
@@ -2014,7 +2011,7 @@ static u16 printk_sprint(char *text, u16 size, int facility, enum log_flags *lfl
 	/* Mark and strip a trailing newline. */
 	if (text_len && text[text_len - 1] == '\n') {
 		text_len--;
-		*lflags |= LOG_NEWLINE;
+		*flags |= LOG_NEWLINE;
 	}
 
 	/* Strip log level and control flags. */
@@ -2038,7 +2035,7 @@ int vprintk_store(int facility, int level,
 {
 	const u32 caller_id = printk_caller_id();
 	struct prb_reserved_entry e;
-	enum log_flags lflags = 0;
+	enum printk_info_flags flags = 0;
 	struct printk_record r;
 	u16 trunc_msg_len = 0;
 	char prefix_buf[8];
@@ -2070,22 +2067,22 @@ int vprintk_store(int facility, int level,
 
 	/* Extract log level or control flags. */
 	if (facility == 0)
-		parse_prefix(&prefix_buf[0], &level, &lflags);
+		parse_prefix(&prefix_buf[0], &level, &flags);
 
 	if (level == LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT)
 		level = default_message_loglevel;
 
 	if (dev_info)
-		lflags |= LOG_NEWLINE;
+		flags |= LOG_NEWLINE;
 
-	if (lflags & LOG_CONT) {
+	if (flags & LOG_CONT) {
 		prb_rec_init_wr(&r, reserve_size);
 		if (prb_reserve_in_last(&e, prb, &r, caller_id, LOG_LINE_MAX)) {
 			text_len = printk_sprint(&r.text_buf[r.info->text_len], reserve_size,
-						 facility, &lflags, fmt, args);
+						 facility, &flags, fmt, args);
 			r.info->text_len += text_len;
 
-			if (lflags & LOG_NEWLINE) {
+			if (flags & LOG_NEWLINE) {
 				r.info->flags |= LOG_NEWLINE;
 				prb_final_commit(&e);
 			} else {
@@ -2112,20 +2109,20 @@ int vprintk_store(int facility, int level,
 	}
 
 	/* fill message */
-	text_len = printk_sprint(&r.text_buf[0], reserve_size, facility, &lflags, fmt, args);
+	text_len = printk_sprint(&r.text_buf[0], reserve_size, facility, &flags, fmt, args);
 	if (trunc_msg_len)
 		memcpy(&r.text_buf[text_len], trunc_msg, trunc_msg_len);
 	r.info->text_len = text_len + trunc_msg_len;
 	r.info->facility = facility;
 	r.info->level = level & 7;
-	r.info->flags = lflags & 0x1f;
+	r.info->flags = flags & 0x1f;
 	r.info->ts_nsec = ts_nsec;
 	r.info->caller_id = caller_id;
 	if (dev_info)
 		memcpy(&r.info->dev_info, dev_info, sizeof(r.info->dev_info));
 
 	/* A message without a trailing newline can be continued. */
-	if (!(lflags & LOG_NEWLINE))
+	if (!(flags & LOG_NEWLINE))
 		prb_commit(&e);
 	else
 		prb_final_commit(&e);