1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 471438bbece6..bf0a4b06782a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1393,15 +1393,9 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
 
 static void deprecated_sysctl_warning(const int *name, int nlen)
 {
-        static int msg_count;
         int i;
 
-        /* Ignore accesses to kernel.version */
-        if ((nlen == 2) && (name[0] == CTL_KERN) && (name[1] == KERN_VERSION))
-                return;
-
-        if (msg_count < 5) {
-                msg_count++;
+        if (printk_ratelimit()) {
                 printk(KERN_INFO
                         "warning: process `%s' used the deprecated sysctl "
                         "system call with ", current->comm);