diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 0e43dacbd291..176ce6c616cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -1058,66 +1058,20 @@ static struct notifier_block netconsole_netdev_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call  = netconsole_netdev_event,
 };
 
-static void send_msg_no_fragmentation(struct netconsole_target *nt,
-				      const char *msg,
-				      const char *userdata,
-				      int msg_len,
-				      int release_len)
-{
-	static char buf[MAX_PRINT_CHUNK]; /* protected by target_list_lock */
-	const char *release;
-
-	if (release_len) {
-		release = init_utsname()->release;
-
-		scnprintf(buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,%s", release, msg);
-		msg_len += release_len;
-	} else {
-		memcpy(buf, msg, msg_len);
-	}
-
-	if (userdata)
-		msg_len += scnprintf(&buf[msg_len],
-				     MAX_PRINT_CHUNK - msg_len,
-				     "%s", userdata);
-
-	netpoll_send_udp(&nt->np, buf, msg_len);
-}
-
-/**
- * send_ext_msg_udp - send extended log message to target
- * @nt: target to send message to
- * @msg: extended log message to send
- * @msg_len: length of message
- *
- * Transfer extended log @msg to @nt.  If @msg is longer than
- * MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, it'll be split and transmitted in multiple chunks with
- * ncfrag header field added to identify them.
- */
-static void send_ext_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
-			     int msg_len)
+static void send_msg_fragmented(struct netconsole_target *nt,
+				const char *msg,
+				const char *userdata,
+				int msg_len,
+				int release_len)
 {
 	static char buf[MAX_PRINT_CHUNK]; /* protected by target_list_lock */
+	int offset = 0, userdata_len = 0;
 	const char *header, *body;
-	int offset = 0;
 	int header_len, body_len;
 	const char *release;
-	int release_len = 0;
-	int userdata_len = 0;
-	char *userdata = NULL;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
-	userdata = nt->userdata_complete;
-	userdata_len = nt->userdata_length;
-#endif
-
-	if (nt->release) {
-		release = init_utsname()->release;
-		release_len = strlen(release) + 1;
-	}
 
-	if (msg_len + release_len + userdata_len <= MAX_PRINT_CHUNK)
-		return send_msg_no_fragmentation(nt, msg, userdata, msg_len, release_len);
+	if (userdata)
+		userdata_len = nt->userdata_length;
 
 	/* need to insert extra header fields, detect header and body */
 	header = msg;
@@ -1133,11 +1087,18 @@ static void send_ext_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
 	 * Transfer multiple chunks with the following extra header.
 	 * "ncfrag=<byte-offset>/<total-bytes>"
 	 */
-	if (nt->release)
+	if (release_len) {
+		release = init_utsname()->release;
 		scnprintf(buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,", release);
+	}
+
+	/* Copy the header into the buffer */
 	memcpy(buf + release_len, header, header_len);
 	header_len += release_len;
 
+	/* for now on, the header will be persisted, and the body
+	 * will be replaced
+	 */
 	while (offset < body_len + userdata_len) {
 		int this_header = header_len;
 		int this_offset = 0;
@@ -1183,6 +1144,64 @@ static void send_ext_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
 	}
 }
 
+static void send_msg_no_fragmentation(struct netconsole_target *nt,
+				      const char *msg,
+				      const char *userdata,
+				      int msg_len,
+				      int release_len)
+{
+	static char buf[MAX_PRINT_CHUNK]; /* protected by target_list_lock */
+	const char *release;
+
+	if (release_len) {
+		release = init_utsname()->release;
+
+		scnprintf(buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,%s", release, msg);
+		msg_len += release_len;
+	} else {
+		memcpy(buf, msg, msg_len);
+	}
+
+	if (userdata)
+		msg_len += scnprintf(&buf[msg_len],
+				     MAX_PRINT_CHUNK - msg_len,
+				     "%s", userdata);
+
+	netpoll_send_udp(&nt->np, buf, msg_len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * send_ext_msg_udp - send extended log message to target
+ * @nt: target to send message to
+ * @msg: extended log message to send
+ * @msg_len: length of message
+ *
+ * Transfer extended log @msg to @nt.  If @msg is longer than
+ * MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, it'll be split and transmitted in multiple chunks with
+ * ncfrag header field added to identify them.
+ */
+static void send_ext_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
+			     int msg_len)
+{
+	char *userdata = NULL;
+	int userdata_len = 0;
+	int release_len = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
+	userdata = nt->userdata_complete;
+	userdata_len = nt->userdata_length;
+#endif
+
+	if (nt->release)
+		release_len = strlen(init_utsname()->release) + 1;
+
+	if (msg_len + release_len + userdata_len <= MAX_PRINT_CHUNK)
+		return send_msg_no_fragmentation(nt, msg, userdata, msg_len,
+						 release_len);
+
+	return send_msg_fragmented(nt, msg, userdata, msg_len, release_len);
+}
+
 static void write_ext_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg,
 			  unsigned int len)
 {
