diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index ca3f0a2e5ed507..df466fad7136a4 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -889,10 +889,8 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
 				goto fmt_str;
 			}
 
-			if (fmt[i + 1] == 0 || isspace(fmt[i + 1]) ||
-			    ispunct(fmt[i + 1]) || fmt[i + 1] == 'K' ||
-			    fmt[i + 1] == 'x' || fmt[i + 1] == 's' ||
-			    fmt[i + 1] == 'S') {
+			if (fmt[i + 1] == 'K' || fmt[i + 1] == 'x' ||
+			    fmt[i + 1] == 's' || fmt[i + 1] == 'S') {
 				/* just kernel pointers */
 				if (tmp_buf)
 					cur_arg = raw_args[num_spec];
@@ -900,6 +898,13 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
 				goto nocopy_fmt;
 			}
 
+			if (fmt[i + 1] == 0 || isspace(fmt[i + 1]) ||
+			    ispunct(fmt[i + 1])) {
+				if (tmp_buf)
+					cur_arg = raw_args[num_spec];
+				goto nocopy_fmt;
+			}
+
 			if (fmt[i + 1] == 'B') {
 				if (tmp_buf)  {
 					err = snprintf(tmp_buf,