diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger_zephyr.cpp b/esphome/components/logger/logger_zephyr.cpp
index ef1702c5c1..1fc0acd573 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger_zephyr.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger_zephyr.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void HOT Logger::write_msg_(const char *msg, uint16_t len) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
   // Requires the debug component and an active SWD connection.
   // It is used for pyocd rtt -t nrf52840
-  k_str_out(const_cast<char *>(msg), len);
+  printk("%.*s", static_cast<int>(len), msg);
 #endif
   if (this->uart_dev_ == nullptr) {
     return;