diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index 24b484c221e8..88e8f3a61922 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2099,6 +2099,10 @@ try_again:
  *
  * On failure @seq is updated to a record that is not yet available to the
  * reader, but it will be the next record available to the reader.
+ *
+ * Note: When the current CPU is in panic, this function will skip over any
+ *       non-existent/non-finalized records in order to allow the panic CPU
+ *       to print any and all records that have been finalized.
  */
 static bool _prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 *seq,
 			    struct printk_record *r, unsigned int *line_count)
@@ -2121,8 +2125,28 @@ static bool _prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 *seq,
 			(*seq)++;
 
 		} else {
-			/* Non-existent/non-finalized record. Must stop. */
-			return false;
+			/*
+			 * Non-existent/non-finalized record. Must stop.
+			 *
+			 * For panic situations it cannot be expected that
+			 * non-finalized records will become finalized. But
+			 * there may be other finalized records beyond that
+			 * need to be printed for a panic situation. If this
+			 * is the panic CPU, skip this
+			 * non-existent/non-finalized record unless it is
+			 * at or beyond the head, in which case it is not
+			 * possible to continue.
+			 *
+			 * Note that new messages printed on panic CPU are
+			 * finalized when we are here. The only exception
+			 * might be the last message without trailing newline.
+			 * But it would have the sequence number returned
+			 * by "prb_next_reserve_seq() - 1".
+			 */
+			if (this_cpu_in_panic() && ((*seq + 1) < prb_next_reserve_seq(rb)))
+				(*seq)++;
+			else
+				return false;
 		}
 	}