diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parser_util.py b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parser_util.py
index 2b03cba10a1bff24837cb8a658a8ded7be7b165a..ae2449b31156740f6911cd3b3713696be84e554e 100644
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parser_util.py
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parser_util.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import glob
 import re
+import string
 
 _parsers = []
 
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ class ParserConfig(object):
         self.shortopt = shortopt
         self.optional = optional
 
+def cleanupString(unclean_str):
+    if unclean_str is None:
+        return unclean_str
+    else:
+        return ''.join([c for c in unclean_str if c in string.printable])
 
 def register_parser(longopt, desc, shortopt=None, optional=False):
     """Decorator to register a parser class (a class that inherits from
diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/dmesg.py b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/dmesg.py
index 5f900afbe7ee576b93a130367a01f81cd710560d..b2dded2ec2f11d088fa7364af575f5598c565b95 100644
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/dmesg.py
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/dmesg.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import re
 import string
 
 from print_out import print_out_str
-from parser_util import register_parser, RamParser
+from parser_util import register_parser, RamParser, cleanupString
 
 
 @register_parser('--dmesg', 'Print the dmesg', shortopt='-d')
@@ -23,17 +23,11 @@ class Dmesg(RamParser):
         super(Dmesg, self).__init__(*args)
         self.wrap_cnt = 0
 
-    def cleanupString(self, unclean_str):
-        if unclean_str is None:
-            return str
-        else:
-            return ''.join([c for c in unclean_str if c in string.printable])
-
     def extract_dmesg_flat(self, ramdump):
         addr = ramdump.read_word(ramdump.addr_lookup('log_buf'))
         size = ramdump.read_word(ramdump.addr_lookup('log_buf_len'))
         dmesg = ramdump.read_physical(ramdump.virt_to_phys(addr), size)
-        print_out_str(self.cleanupString(dmesg.decode('ascii', 'ignore')))
+        print_out_str(cleanupString(dmesg.decode('ascii', 'ignore')))
 
     def log_from_idx(self, ramdump, idx, logbuf):
         len_offset = ramdump.field_offset('struct log', 'len')
diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/taskdump.py b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/taskdump.py
index 7de493c346180715f829a1c7576c76a8298066f2..387c9dcd9fda7b1fd55dd592ed8aa8c3ab7a3402 100644
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/taskdump.py
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/parsers/taskdump.py
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@
 
 import string
 from print_out import print_out_str
-from parser_util import register_parser, RamParser
-
-
-def cleanupString(str):
-    if str is None:
-        return str
-    else:
-        return ''.join([c for c in str if c in string.printable])
+from parser_util import register_parser, RamParser, cleanupString
 
 cpu_context_save_str = ''.join([
     'I',  # __u32   r4
diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramdump.py b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramdump.py
index 678e1c650a7bfbc07e465c0a13c68a87ec312821..ea0904ef9fcc80194b9df0931884b41143eeda5d 100644
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramdump.py
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramdump.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 import gdbmi
 from print_out import print_out_str
 from mmu import Armv7MMU, Armv7LPAEMMU
+from parser_util import cleanupString
 
 FP = 11
 SP = 13
@@ -898,7 +899,7 @@ class RamDump():
         ebi[0].seek(offset)
         a = ebi[0].read(length)
         if trace:
-            print_out_str('result = {0}'.format(a))
+            print_out_str('result = {0}'.format(cleanupString(a)))
             print_out_str('lenght = {0}'.format(len(a)))
         return a