1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index cb04f900cc46..edb81ed06950 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -359,10 +359,12 @@ static enum skb_state defer_bh(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 void usbnet_defer_kevent (struct usbnet *dev, int work)
 {
         set_bit (work, &dev->flags);
-        if (!schedule_work (&dev->kevent))
-                netdev_err(dev->net, "kevent %d may have been dropped\n", work);
-        else
+        if (!schedule_work (&dev->kevent)) {
+                if (net_ratelimit())
+                        netdev_err(dev->net, "kevent %d may have been dropped\n", work);
+        } else {
                 netdev_dbg(dev->net, "kevent %d scheduled\n", work);
+        }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_defer_kevent);