diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index fa47e2708c01..cbf094f993f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ asmlinkage __printf(1, 2) __cold
 int printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*
- * Special printk facility for scheduler use only, _DO_NOT_USE_ !
+ * Special printk facility for scheduler/timekeeping use only, _DO_NOT_USE_ !
  */
-__printf(1, 2) __cold int printk_sched(const char *fmt, ...);
+__printf(1, 2) __cold int printk_deferred(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*
  * Please don't use printk_ratelimit(), because it shares ratelimiting state
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int printk(const char *s, ...)
 	return 0;
 }
 static inline __printf(1, 2) __cold
-int printk_sched(const char *s, ...)
+int printk_deferred(const char *s, ...)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 4dae9cbe9259..8c086e6049b9 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@ void wake_up_klogd(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-int printk_sched(const char *fmt, ...)
+int printk_deferred(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	va_list args;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0aae0fcec026..515e212421c0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ static int select_fallback_rq(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 		 * leave kernel.
 		 */
 		if (p->mm && printk_ratelimit()) {
-			printk_sched("process %d (%s) no longer affine to cpu%d\n",
+			printk_deferred("process %d (%s) no longer affine to cpu%d\n",
 					task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, cpu);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index ce852643854b..37dac98c0749 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static void replenish_dl_entity(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se,
 
 		if (!lag_once) {
 			lag_once = true;
-			printk_sched("sched: DL replenish lagged to much\n");
+			printk_deferred("sched: DL replenish lagged to much\n");
 		}
 		dl_se->deadline = rq_clock(rq) + pi_se->dl_deadline;
 		dl_se->runtime = pi_se->dl_runtime;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 1999021042c7..27b8e836307f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static int sched_rt_runtime_exceeded(struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 
 			if (!once) {
 				once = true;
-				printk_sched("sched: RT throttling activated\n");
+				printk_deferred("sched: RT throttling activated\n");
 			}
 		} else {
 			/*