1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index d26b213dbf15..31d04b17c45f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -813,7 +813,8 @@ static int drbd_make_request_common(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct bio *bio)
                              mdev->state.conn >= C_CONNECTED));
 
         if (!(local || remote) && !is_susp(mdev->state)) {
-                dev_err(DEV, "IO ERROR: neither local nor remote disk\n");
+                if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
+                        dev_err(DEV, "IO ERROR: neither local nor remote disk\n");
                 goto fail_free_complete;
         }