diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 7f621149f9f2d93700e8fc46d3d1c38542fcbe85..2bccefebff1b4a05caf7f07961751c68e73cc462 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1777,19 +1777,20 @@ int __init usb_devio_init(void)
 	retval = register_chrdev_region(USB_DEVICE_DEV, USB_DEVICE_MAX,
 					"usb_device");
 	if (retval) {
-		err("unable to register minors for usb_device");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to register minors for usb_device\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 	cdev_init(&usb_device_cdev, &usbdev_file_operations);
 	retval = cdev_add(&usb_device_cdev, USB_DEVICE_DEV, USB_DEVICE_MAX);
 	if (retval) {
-		err("unable to get usb_device major %d", USB_DEVICE_MAJOR);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to get usb_device major %d\n",
+		       USB_DEVICE_MAJOR);
 		goto error_cdev;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_CLASS
 	usb_classdev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usb_device");
 	if (IS_ERR(usb_classdev_class)) {
-		err("unable to register usb_device class");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to register usb_device class\n");
 		retval = PTR_ERR(usb_classdev_class);
 		cdev_del(&usb_device_cdev);
 		usb_classdev_class = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c b/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
index 22912136fc142b780d1af23815cc29e7e3dbe0e7..946fae43d622720521ac17a6876709f2417a5c27 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ static int usb_endpoint_major_init(void)
 	error = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, 0, MAX_ENDPOINT_MINORS,
 				    "usb_endpoint");
 	if (error) {
-		err("unable to get a dynamic major for usb endpoints");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to get a dynamic major for "
+		       "usb endpoints.\n");
 		return error;
 	}
 	usb_endpoint_major = MAJOR(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/file.c b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
index 55f7f310924b99f434ba6201525c2b85b48e27ba..997e659ff693eeb5ed083c2a8e76bdce76a33f97 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/file.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int init_usb_class(void)
 	usb_class->class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usb");
 	if (IS_ERR(usb_class->class)) {
 		result = IS_ERR(usb_class->class);
-		err("class_create failed for usb devices");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "class_create failed for usb devices\n");
 		kfree(usb_class);
 		usb_class = NULL;
 	}
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ int usb_major_init(void)
 
 	error = register_chrdev(USB_MAJOR, "usb", &usb_fops);
 	if (error)
-		err("unable to get major %d for usb devices", USB_MAJOR);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to get major %d for usb devices\n",
+		       USB_MAJOR);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index 2cf2dc8528d88bcb72d3157c2c3f37bd7660b647..94632264dccf253edf9a07e8278f4b33fa28eaad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *s, char *data)
 			listmode = option & S_IRWXUGO;
 			break;
 		default:
-			err("usbfs: unrecognised mount option \"%s\" "
-			    "or missing value\n", p);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "usbfs: unrecognised mount option "
+			       "\"%s\" or missing value\n", p);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int create_special_files (void)
 	/* create the devices special file */
 	retval = simple_pin_fs(&usb_fs_type, &usbfs_mount, &usbfs_mount_count);
 	if (retval) {
-		err ("Unable to get usbfs mount");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to get usbfs mount\n");
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int create_special_files (void)
 					       NULL, &usbfs_devices_fops,
 					       listuid, listgid);
 	if (devices_usbfs_dentry == NULL) {
-		err ("Unable to create devices usbfs file");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to create devices usbfs file\n");
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto error_clean_mounts;
 	}
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static void usbfs_add_bus(struct usb_bus *bus)
 	bus->usbfs_dentry = fs_create_file (name, busmode | S_IFDIR, parent,
 					    bus, NULL, busuid, busgid);
 	if (bus->usbfs_dentry == NULL) {
-		err ("error creating usbfs bus entry");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Error creating usbfs bus entry\n");
 		return;
 	}
 }
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static void usbfs_add_device(struct usb_device *dev)
 					    &usbdev_file_operations,
 					    devuid, devgid);
 	if (dev->usbfs_dentry == NULL) {
-		err ("error creating usbfs device entry");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Error creating usbfs device entry\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index 175d528f40294997f11c932b51f35b8a7a1bfd77..f2638009a4648414892179c3fae7d105f73d4c03 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct urb *usb_alloc_urb(int iso_packets, gfp_t mem_flags)
 		iso_packets * sizeof(struct usb_iso_packet_descriptor),
 		mem_flags);
 	if (!urb) {
-		err("alloc_urb: kmalloc failed");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_urb: kmalloc failed\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	usb_init_urb(urb);
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, gfp_t mem_flags)
 
 	/* fail if submitter gave bogus flags */
 	if (urb->transfer_flags != orig_flags) {
-		err("BOGUS urb flags, %x --> %x",
+		dev_err(&dev->dev, "BOGUS urb flags, %x --> %x\n",
 			orig_flags, urb->transfer_flags);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}