diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index b4e668ac4fe33e..aa0a776c817a7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Pointer Types
 
 Pointers printed without a specifier extension (i.e unadorned %p) are
 hashed to give a unique identifier without leaking kernel addresses to user
-space. On 64 bit machines the first 32 bits are zeroed.
+space. On 64 bit machines the first 32 bits are zeroed. If you _really_
+want the address see %px below.
 
 ::
 
@@ -106,6 +107,21 @@ For printing kernel pointers which should be hidden from unprivileged
 users. The behaviour of ``%pK`` depends on the ``kptr_restrict sysctl`` - see
 Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt for more details.
 
+Unmodified Addresses
+====================
+
+::
+
+	%px	01234567 or 0123456789abcdef
+
+For printing pointers when you _really_ want to print the address. Please
+consider whether or not you are leaking sensitive information about the
+Kernel layout in memory before printing pointers with %px. %px is
+functionally equivalent to %lx. %px is preferred to %lx because it is more
+uniquely grep'able. If, in the future, we need to modify the way the Kernel
+handles printing pointers it will be nice to be able to find the call
+sites.
+
 Struct Resources
 ================
 
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index d69452a0f2fa50..d960aead03368e 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,20 @@ char *device_node_string(char *buf, char *end, struct device_node *dn,
 	return widen_string(buf, buf - buf_start, end, spec);
 }
 
+static noinline_for_stack
+char *pointer_string(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
+		     struct printf_spec spec)
+{
+	spec.base = 16;
+	spec.flags |= SMALL;
+	if (spec.field_width == -1) {
+		spec.field_width = 2 * sizeof(ptr);
+		spec.flags |= ZEROPAD;
+	}
+
+	return number(buf, end, (unsigned long int)ptr, spec);
+}
+
 static bool have_filled_random_ptr_key __read_mostly;
 static siphash_key_t ptr_key __read_mostly;
 
@@ -1818,6 +1832,8 @@ static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec)
  *                        c major compatible string
  *                        C full compatible string
  *
+ * - 'x' For printing the address. Equivalent to "%lx".
+ *
  * ** Please update also Documentation/printk-formats.txt when making changes **
  *
  * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
@@ -1940,6 +1956,8 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 		case 'F':
 			return device_node_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
 		}
+	case 'x':
+		return pointer_string(buf, end, ptr, spec);
 	}
 
 	/* default is to _not_ leak addresses, hash before printing */
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 95cda3ecc66b85..040aa79e1d9d39 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5753,7 +5753,7 @@ sub process {
 		        for (my $count = $linenr; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
 				my $fmt = get_quoted_string($lines[$count - 1], raw_line($count, 0));
 				$fmt =~ s/%%//g;
-				if ($fmt =~ /(\%[\*\d\.]*p(?![\WFfSsBKRraEhMmIiUDdgVCbGNO]).)/) {
+				if ($fmt =~ /(\%[\*\d\.]*p(?![\WFfSsBKRraEhMmIiUDdgVCbGNOx]).)/) {
 					$bad_extension = $1;
 					last;
 				}