diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 2a8bcdc927c7f51213978d2b833ff67225b07a05..0e67d12a8f40f0cf71a11501fefaf832db989e93 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -391,13 +391,13 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_trace_printk, char *, fmt, u32, fmt_size, u64, arg1,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&trace_printk_lock, flags);
 	ret = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, BPF_CAST_FMT_ARG(0, args, mod),
 		BPF_CAST_FMT_ARG(1, args, mod), BPF_CAST_FMT_ARG(2, args, mod));
 	/* snprintf() will not append null for zero-length strings */
 	if (ret == 0)
 		buf[0] = '\0';
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&trace_printk_lock, flags);
 	trace_bpf_trace_printk(buf);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&trace_printk_lock, flags);