diff --git a/Kernel/kprintf.cpp b/Kernel/kprintf.cpp
index ea386054f2..743232e939 100644
--- a/Kernel/kprintf.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/kprintf.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 #include <LibC/stdarg.h>
 
 static bool serial_debug;
-static SpinLock s_log_lock;
+// A recursive spinlock allows us to keep writing in the case where a
+// page fault happens in the middle of a dbg(), klog(), etc
+static RecursiveSpinLock s_log_lock;
 
 void set_serial_debug(bool on_or_off)
 {