diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py
index 6d2e09a2ad2f..2fa7bb83885f 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/dmesg.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import sys
 
 from linux import utils
 
+printk_log_type = utils.CachedType("struct printk_log")
+
 
 class LxDmesg(gdb.Command):
     """Print Linux kernel log buffer."""
@@ -42,9 +44,14 @@ class LxDmesg(gdb.Command):
             b = utils.read_memoryview(inf, log_buf_addr, log_next_idx)
             log_buf = a.tobytes() + b.tobytes()
 
+        length_offset = printk_log_type.get_type()['len'].bitpos // 8
+        text_len_offset = printk_log_type.get_type()['text_len'].bitpos // 8
+        time_stamp_offset = printk_log_type.get_type()['ts_nsec'].bitpos // 8
+        text_offset = printk_log_type.get_type().sizeof
+
         pos = 0
         while pos < log_buf.__len__():
-            length = utils.read_u16(log_buf[pos + 8:pos + 10])
+            length = utils.read_u16(log_buf, pos + length_offset)
             if length == 0:
                 if log_buf_2nd_half == -1:
                     gdb.write("Corrupted log buffer!\n")
@@ -52,10 +59,11 @@ class LxDmesg(gdb.Command):
                 pos = log_buf_2nd_half
                 continue
 
-            text_len = utils.read_u16(log_buf[pos + 10:pos + 12])
-            text = log_buf[pos + 16:pos + 16 + text_len].decode(
+            text_len = utils.read_u16(log_buf, pos + text_len_offset)
+            text_start = pos + text_offset
+            text = log_buf[text_start:text_start + text_len].decode(
                 encoding='utf8', errors='replace')
-            time_stamp = utils.read_u64(log_buf[pos:pos + 8])
+            time_stamp = utils.read_u64(log_buf, pos + time_stamp_offset)
 
             for line in text.splitlines():
                 msg = u"[{time:12.6f}] {line}\n".format(
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
index bc67126118c4..ea94221dbd39 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
@@ -92,15 +92,16 @@ def read_memoryview(inf, start, length):
     return memoryview(inf.read_memory(start, length))
 
 
-def read_u16(buffer):
+def read_u16(buffer, offset):
+    buffer_val = buffer[offset:offset + 2]
     value = [0, 0]
 
-    if type(buffer[0]) is str:
-        value[0] = ord(buffer[0])
-        value[1] = ord(buffer[1])
+    if type(buffer_val[0]) is str:
+        value[0] = ord(buffer_val[0])
+        value[1] = ord(buffer_val[1])
     else:
-        value[0] = buffer[0]
-        value[1] = buffer[1]
+        value[0] = buffer_val[0]
+        value[1] = buffer_val[1]
 
     if get_target_endianness() == LITTLE_ENDIAN:
         return value[0] + (value[1] << 8)
@@ -108,18 +109,18 @@ def read_u16(buffer):
         return value[1] + (value[0] << 8)
 
 
-def read_u32(buffer):
+def read_u32(buffer, offset):
     if get_target_endianness() == LITTLE_ENDIAN:
-        return read_u16(buffer[0:2]) + (read_u16(buffer[2:4]) << 16)
+        return read_u16(buffer, offset) + (read_u16(buffer, offset + 2) << 16)
     else:
-        return read_u16(buffer[2:4]) + (read_u16(buffer[0:2]) << 16)
+        return read_u16(buffer, offset + 2) + (read_u16(buffer, offset) << 16)
 
 
-def read_u64(buffer):
+def read_u64(buffer, offset):
     if get_target_endianness() == LITTLE_ENDIAN:
-        return read_u32(buffer[0:4]) + (read_u32(buffer[4:8]) << 32)
+        return read_u32(buffer, offset) + (read_u32(buffer, offset + 4) << 32)
     else:
-        return read_u32(buffer[4:8]) + (read_u32(buffer[0:4]) << 32)
+        return read_u32(buffer, offset + 4) + (read_u32(buffer, offset) << 32)
 
 
 target_arch = None