diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/fifo/channel.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/fifo/channel.c
index 932dd840f..a73558b86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/fifo/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/fifo/channel.c
@@ -2595,7 +2595,6 @@ void nvgpu_channel_debug_dump_all(struct gk20a *g,
 			nvgpu_kfree(g, info);
 		}
 	}
-	gk20a_debug_output(o, " ");
 
 	nvgpu_kfree(g, infos);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/log.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/log.h
index b66ce6102..705b139a3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/log.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/linux/log.h
@@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ void nvgpu_log_dbg_impl(struct gk20a *g, u64 log_mask,
 #define nvgpu_info_impl(g, fmt, arg...)					\
 	nvgpu_log_msg_impl(g, __func__, __LINE__, NVGPU_INFO, fmt, ##arg)
 
+/**
+ * nvgpu_dbg_dump_impl - Print part of a debug dump.
+ *
+ * @g        - The GPU.
+ * @str      - A debug message.
+ *
+ * Print a component of a debug message. Typically the err, warning, and
+ * info prints have a bunch of information about the location of the call.
+ * For example on Linux:
+ *
+ *   nvgpu: 17000000.gv11b                nvgpu_rc_mmu_fault:296  [ERR]
+ *
+ * But, for debug dumps this information is completely useless and
+ * redundant. This also slows down the UART terminal significantly.
+ * Note that this function does not take a format and subsequent args. In
+ * our current model the formatting happens a layer above this function
+ * call.
+ *
+ * This variant prints only a small prefix (to aid in grepping logs).
+ */
+void nvgpu_dbg_dump_impl(struct gk20a *g, const char *str);
+
 /*
  * Deprecated API. Do not use!!
  */
@@ -68,4 +90,4 @@ void nvgpu_log_dbg_impl(struct gk20a *g, u64 log_mask,
 		}							\
 	} while (false)
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c
index a10554204..6d2e833f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline void gk20a_debug_write_printk(void *ctx, const char *str)
 {
 	struct gk20a *g = ctx;
 
-	nvgpu_err(g, str);
+	nvgpu_dbg_dump_impl(g, str);
 }
 
 static inline void gk20a_debug_write_to_seqfile(void *ctx, const char *str)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/log.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/log.c
index da6c300d9..b9c31b7c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/log.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/log.c
@@ -127,3 +127,8 @@ void nvgpu_log_dbg_impl(struct gk20a *g, u64 log_mask,
 	__nvgpu_really_print_log(g->log_trace, nvgpu_log_name(g),
 				 func_name, line, NVGPU_DEBUG, log);
 }
+
+void nvgpu_dbg_dump_impl(struct gk20a *g, const char *str)
+{
+	pr_err("__%s__ %s", g->name, str);
+}