diff --git a/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h b/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
index b874fafc8b2f..155964698c56 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
@@ -205,7 +205,14 @@ void mtrace_event(const char *complete_packet, uint32_t length);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEM /* Send everything to shared memory too */
-#  define MTRACE_DUPLICATION_LEVEL LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
+#  ifdef __ZEPHYR__
+/* We don't use Zephyr's dictionary yet so there's not enough space for
+ * DEBUG messages
+ */
+#    define MTRACE_DUPLICATION_LEVEL LOG_LEVEL_INFO
+#  else
+#    define MTRACE_DUPLICATION_LEVEL LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
+#  endif
 #else /* copy only ERRORS */
 #  define MTRACE_DUPLICATION_LEVEL LOG_LEVEL_ERROR
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACEM */
@@ -268,7 +275,23 @@ do {											\
 	);										\
 	_log_sofdict(log_func, atomic, &log_entry, ctx, lvl, id_1, id_2, \
 		     META_COUNT_VARAGS_BEFORE_COMPILE(__VA_ARGS__), ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+	_log_nodict(atomic, META_COUNT_VARAGS_BEFORE_COMPILE(__VA_ARGS__), \
+		    lvl, format, ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
+} while (0)
+
+#ifdef __ZEPHYR__
+/* Just like XTOS, only the most urgent messages go to limited
+ * shared memory.
+ */
+#define _log_nodict(atomic, arg_count, lvl, format, ...) \
+do {							      \
+	if ((lvl) <= MTRACE_DUPLICATION_LEVEL)			      \
+		printk("%llu " format "\n", platform_timer_get(NULL), \
+		       ##__VA_ARGS__); \
 } while (0)
+#else
+#define _log_nodict(atomic, n_args, lvl, format, ...)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_LIBRARY */
 
diff --git a/src/trace/trace.c b/src/trace/trace.c
index 4cdb11cd9843..f311d6021950 100644
--- a/src/trace/trace.c
+++ b/src/trace/trace.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static void put_header(void *dst, const struct sof_uuid_entry *uid,
 
 }
 
+#ifndef __ZEPHYR__
 /** Ring buffer for the mailbox trace */
 void mtrace_event(const char *data, uint32_t length)
 {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ void mtrace_event(const char *data, uint32_t length)
 	dcache_writeback_region(t + trace->pos, length);
 	trace->pos += length;
 }
+#endif /* __ZEPHYR__ */
 
 #if CONFIG_TRACE_FILTERING_VERBOSITY
 /**
@@ -548,11 +550,14 @@ void _log_sofdict(log_func_t sofdict_logf, bool atomic, const void *log_entry,
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+#ifndef __ZEPHYR__ /* for Zephyr see _log_nodict() in trace.h */
 	if (lvl <= MTRACE_DUPLICATION_LEVEL) {
 		va_start(ap, arg_count);
 		mtrace_dict_entry_vl(atomic, (uint32_t)log_entry, arg_count, ap);
 		va_end(ap);
 	}
+#endif
+
 	va_start(ap, arg_count);
 	sofdict_logf(atomic, log_entry, ctx, lvl, id_1, id_2, arg_count, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
diff --git a/zephyr/include/sof/trace/trace.h b/zephyr/include/sof/trace/trace.h
index 7d24708c8845..64888cff22d6 100644
--- a/zephyr/include/sof/trace/trace.h
+++ b/zephyr/include/sof/trace/trace.h
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ struct timer;
 uint64_t platform_timer_get(struct timer *timer);
 
 /*
- * Override SOF dictionary macros for now and let Zephyr take care of
- * the physical log IO.
+ * Override SOF mtrace_printf() macro for now to support Zephyr's shared
+ * memory logger. Note the DMA trace can be copied to the shared memory
+ * too thanks to CONFIG_TRACEM.
  */
-#undef _log_message
 #undef mtrace_printf
 
 #if USE_PRINTK
@@ -38,18 +38,8 @@ uint64_t platform_timer_get(struct timer *timer);
 			printk("%llu: " format "\n", platform_timer_get(NULL),	\
 				##__VA_ARGS__);					\
 	} while (0)
-#define _log_message(log_func, atomic, level, comp_class, ctx, id1, id2, format, ...)	\
-	do {								        \
-		if ((level) <= SOF_ZEPHYR_TRACE_LEVEL)                          \
-			printk("%llu: " format "\n", platform_timer_get(NULL),	\
-				##__VA_ARGS__);					\
-	} while (0)
-#else /* not tested */
-#define _log_message(log_func, atomic, level, comp_class, ctx, id1, id2, format, ...)	\
-	do {								        \
-		Z_LOG(level, "%u: " format, (uint32_t)platform_timer_get(NULL),	\
-		      ##__VA_ARGS__);					        \
-	} while (0)
+#else
+#error "TODO: Z_LOG()"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __INCLUDE_TRACE__ */