2.4(.16) kernel logs messages in the wrong order

[Jordan Russell]

Hi,
Here's an excerpt from my /var/log/messages. Notice how messages from two
different times are strangely mixed together. What's going on? Is there some
way to fix it? This does not happen when a 2.2.x kernel is used.

Nov 27 11:38:54 webby sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
Nov 27 11:39:15 webby kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Nov 27 11:38:54 webby sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 1
Nov 27 11:39:15 webby kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Nov 27 11:38:54 webby sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Nov 27 11:39:15 webby kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets,
32Kbytes
Nov 27 11:38:54 webby rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters:  succeeded

I'm using Red Hat 7.2 if it matters.

Thanks,

Jordan Russell