diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index bdb22006f713..a4dd5814a83a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4167,6 +4167,15 @@
 			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
 			default: disabled
 
+	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
+			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
+			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
+			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
+			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
+			in order to provide more debug information.
+			Format: <bool>
+			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
+
 	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
 			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
 			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index c1e176403967..da7a1de2257a 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -70,16 +70,7 @@ extern int console_printk[];
 #define minimum_console_loglevel (console_printk[2])
 #define default_console_loglevel (console_printk[3])
 
-static inline void console_silent(void)
-{
-	console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT;
-}
-
-static inline void console_verbose(void)
-{
-	if (console_loglevel)
-		console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MOTORMOUTH;
-}
+extern void console_verbose(void);
 
 /* strlen("ratelimit") + 1 */
 #define DEVKMSG_STR_MAX_SIZE 10
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 8030c670f0bc..87b8e7c81368 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2380,6 +2380,18 @@ module_param_named(console_suspend, console_suspend_enabled,
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(console_suspend, "suspend console during suspend"
 	" and hibernate operations");
 
+static bool printk_console_no_auto_verbose;
+
+void console_verbose(void)
+{
+	if (console_loglevel && !printk_console_no_auto_verbose)
+		console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_MOTORMOUTH;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(console_verbose);
+
+module_param_named(console_no_auto_verbose, printk_console_no_auto_verbose, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(console_no_auto_verbose, "Disable console loglevel raise to highest on oops/panic/etc");
+
 /**
  * suspend_console - suspend the console subsystem
  *