diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 1b7092dbb590..218ea26d75b8 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 	int printed_len = 0;
 	bool in_sched = false;
 	/* cpu currently holding logbuf_lock in this function */
-	static volatile unsigned int logbuf_cpu = UINT_MAX;
+	static unsigned int logbuf_cpu = UINT_MAX;
 
 	if (level == LOGLEVEL_SCHED) {
 		level = LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT;