diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 0a5b1081a50ea9d536805347003353506d953c82..ed1c0f58344ab5794a3051ec0f75375142d4f8b7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@ static void register_decrementer_clockevent(int cpu)
 	*dec = decrementer_clockevent;
 	dec->cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);
 
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "clockevent: %s mult[%x] shift[%d] cpu[%d]\n",
-	       dec->name, dec->mult, dec->shift, cpu);
+	printk_once(KERN_DEBUG "clockevent: %s mult[%x] shift[%d] cpu[%d]\n",
+		    dec->name, dec->mult, dec->shift, cpu);
 
 	clockevents_register_device(dec);
 }