diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 4b4dbdfbca89..ee3cb3a5e278 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2254,9 +2254,11 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 			error_type = "I/O";
 			break;
 		}
-		printk(KERN_ERR "end_request: %s error, dev %s, sector %llu\n",
-		       error_type, req->rq_disk ? req->rq_disk->disk_name : "?",
-		       (unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(req));
+		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "end_request: %s error, dev %s, sector %llu\n",
+				   error_type, req->rq_disk ?
+				   req->rq_disk->disk_name : "?",
+				   (unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(req));
+
 	}
 
 	blk_account_io_completion(req, nr_bytes);