diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index 90d42a24f3e1..f3b001c2349d 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -541,14 +541,16 @@ void __exfat_fs_error(struct super_block *sb, int report, const char *fmt, ...)
 #define exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb, fmt, args...) \
 		__exfat_fs_error(sb, __ratelimit(&EXFAT_SB(sb)->ratelimit), \
 		fmt, ## args)
-void exfat_msg(struct super_block *sb, const char *lv, const char *fmt, ...)
-		__printf(3, 4) __cold;
+
+/* expand to pr_*() with prefix */
 #define exfat_err(sb, fmt, ...)						\
-	exfat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	pr_err("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define exfat_warn(sb, fmt, ...)					\
-	exfat_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	pr_warn("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define exfat_info(sb, fmt, ...)					\
-	exfat_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	pr_info("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define exfat_debug(sb, fmt, ...)					\
+	pr_debug("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 19, 0)
 void exfat_get_entry_time(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi, struct timespec64 *ts,
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 1b75c8b97f7d..e7ae6f629d6e 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -52,23 +52,6 @@ void __exfat_fs_error(struct super_block *sb, int report, const char *fmt, ...)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * exfat_msg() - print preformated EXFAT specific messages.
- * All logs except what uses exfat_fs_error() should be written by exfat_msg()
- */
-void exfat_msg(struct super_block *sb, const char *level, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	struct va_format vaf;
-	va_list args;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vaf.fmt = fmt;
-	vaf.va = &args;
-	/* level means KERN_ pacility level */
-	printk("%sexFAT-fs (%s): %pV\n", level, sb->s_id, &vaf);
-	va_end(args);
-}
-
 #define SECS_PER_MIN    (60)
 #define TIMEZONE_SEC(x)	((x) * 15 * SECS_PER_MIN)
 
diff --git a/super.c b/super.c
index cd6a54d0cab4..f8bce05d2b33 100644
--- a/super.c
+++ b/super.c
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int silent,
 				break;
 			default:
 				if (!silent) {
-					exfat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
-							"unrecognized mount option \"%s\" or missing value",
-							p);
+					exfat_err(sb,
+						  "unrecognized mount option \"%s\" or missing value",
+						  p);
 				}
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int exfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
 	err = parse_options(sb, data, silent, &sbi->options);
 	if (err) {
-		exfat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to parse options");
+		exfat_err(sb, "failed to parse options");
 		goto check_nls_io;
 	}
 #endif