diff --git a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
index 8abe1870dba4e3..dae233c5f597d4 100644
--- a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
+++ b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
@@ -92,17 +92,24 @@ module_param(backtrace_idle, bool, 0644);
 bool nmi_cpu_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask))) {
 		if (!READ_ONCE(backtrace_idle) && regs && cpu_in_idle(instruction_pointer(regs))) {
 			pr_warn("NMI backtrace for cpu %d skipped: idling at %pS\n",
 				cpu, (void *)instruction_pointer(regs));
 		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Allow nested NMI backtraces while serializing
+			 * against other CPUs.
+			 */
+			printk_cpu_lock_irqsave(flags);
 			pr_warn("NMI backtrace for cpu %d\n", cpu);
 			if (regs)
 				show_regs(regs);
 			else
 				dump_stack();
+			printk_cpu_unlock_irqrestore(flags);
 		}
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask));
 		return true;