diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
index 0ce9b00f5d3344d3c91b54361426a02affe268b7..09b2b0ae9e9d474fdc2f459f9741ab5545c4cf6c 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int save_image(struct swap_map_handle *handle,
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 		if (!(nr_pages % m))
-			printk("\b\b\b\b%3d%%", nr_pages / m);
+			printk(KERN_CONT "\b\b\b\b%3d%%", nr_pages / m);
 		nr_pages++;
 	}
 	err2 = wait_on_bio_chain(&bio);
@@ -445,9 +445,9 @@ static int save_image(struct swap_map_handle *handle,
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = err2;
 	if (!ret)
-		printk("\b\b\b\bdone\n");
+		printk(KERN_CONT "\b\b\b\bdone\n");
 	else
-		printk("\n");
+		printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
 	swsusp_show_speed(&start, &stop, nr_to_write, "Wrote");
 	return ret;
 }