1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 627f8c3337a3..2d2b3585ee91 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode)
         struct inode *ret;
         ext4_group_t i;
         int free = 0;
+        static int once = 1;
         ext4_group_t flex_group;
 
         /* Cannot create files in a deleted directory */
@@ -719,7 +720,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode)
                 ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group);
                 if (ret2 == -1) {
                         ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group);
-                        if (ret2 == 0 && printk_ratelimit())
+                        if (ret2 == 0 && once)
+                                once = 0;
                                 printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext4: find_group_flex "
                                        "failed, fallback succeeded dir %lu\n",
                                        dir->i_ino);