diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1235.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1235.c
index c76a90f..bac19dc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1235.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1235.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 	}
 	if (ret)
-		panic("cannot initialize board support\n");
+		panic("cannot initialize board support");
 }
 
 int __init db1235_arch_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
index b212ae1..331b837 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@
 
 	if (total == 0)
 		panic("Unable to allocate memory from "
-		      "cvmx_bootmem_phy_alloc\n");
+		      "cvmx_bootmem_phy_alloc");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
 	/* Copy the default tree from init memory. */
 	initial_boot_params = early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch(dt_size, 8);
 	if (initial_boot_params == NULL)
-		panic("Could not allocate initial_boot_params\n");
+		panic("Could not allocate initial_boot_params");
 	memcpy(initial_boot_params, fdt, dt_size);
 
 	if (do_prune) {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irq_cpu.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irq_cpu.c
index 72ef2d2..e498f2b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/irq_cpu.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irq_cpu.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 	domain = irq_domain_add_legacy(of_node, 8, MIPS_CPU_IRQ_BASE, 0,
 				       &mips_cpu_intc_irq_domain_ops, NULL);
 	if (!domain)
-		panic("Failed to add irqdomain for MIPS CPU\n");
+		panic("Failed to add irqdomain for MIPS CPU");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
index 126da74..2362665 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@
 {
 	if (request_irq(IPI0_IRQ, bmips_ipi_interrupt, IRQF_PERCPU,
 			"smp_ipi0", NULL))
-		panic("Can't request IPI0 interrupt\n");
+		panic("Can't request IPI0 interrupt");
 	if (request_irq(IPI1_IRQ, bmips_ipi_interrupt, IRQF_PERCPU,
 			"smp_ipi1", NULL))
-		panic("Can't request IPI1 interrupt\n");
+		panic("Can't request IPI1 interrupt");
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
index eb3e186..85685e1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/irq.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 		ret = of_irq_to_resource_table(eiu_node,
 						ltq_eiu_irq, exin_avail);
 		if (ret != exin_avail)
-			panic("failed to load external irq resources\n");
+			panic("failed to load external irq resources");
 
 		if (request_mem_region(res.start, resource_size(&res),
 							res.name) < 0)
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c
index c24924f..51804b1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	do {} while (--retry && (pmu_r32(PWDSR(clk->module)) & clk->bits));
 
 	if (!retry)
-		panic("activating PMU module failed!\n");
+		panic("activating PMU module failed!");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
index 6f8feb9..c0eded0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/common/smp.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 	return threadmode;
 
 unsupp:
-	panic("Unsupported CPU mask %lx\n",
+	panic("Unsupported CPU mask %lx",
 		(unsigned long)cpumask_bits(wakeup_mask)[0]);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/clk.c b/arch/mips/ralink/clk.c
index bba0cdf..5d0983d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/clk.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/clk.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	struct clk *clk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct clk), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!clk)
-		panic("failed to add clock\n");
+		panic("failed to add clock");
 
 	clk->cl.dev_id = dev;
 	clk->cl.clk = clk;
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/mt7620.c b/arch/mips/ralink/mt7620.c
index d217509..a3ad56c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/mt7620.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/mt7620.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 		name = "MT7620A";
 		soc_info->compatible = "ralink,mt7620a-soc";
 	} else {
-		panic("mt7620: unknown SoC, n0:%08x n1:%08x\n", n0, n1);
+		panic("mt7620: unknown SoC, n0:%08x n1:%08x", n0, n1);
 	}
 
 	rev = __raw_readl(sysc + SYSC_REG_CHIP_REV);
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/of.c b/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
index ce38d11..15f21ea 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 	strncpy(of_ids[1].compatible, "palmbus", len);
 
 	if (of_platform_populate(NULL, of_ids, NULL, NULL))
-		panic("failed to populate DT\n");
+		panic("failed to populate DT");
 
 	/* make sure ithat the reset controller is setup early */
 	ralink_rst_init();
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/rt305x.c b/arch/mips/ralink/rt305x.c
index ca7ee3a..bb82a82 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/rt305x.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/rt305x.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 		name = "RT5350";
 		soc_info->compatible = "ralink,rt5350-soc";
 	} else {
-		panic("rt305x: unknown SoC, n0:%08x n1:%08x\n", n0, n1);
+		panic("rt305x: unknown SoC, n0:%08x n1:%08x", n0, n1);
 	}
 
 	id = __raw_readl(sysc + SYSC_REG_CHIP_ID);