diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index c805ffae8913002cb3d37dae77e69f7b8e22e97b..f8e4fee206ffe1d7d8199db0d8312009c2556f70 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp,
 	xfs_failaddr_t		func)
 {
-	xfs_alert(bp->b_mount,
+	xfs_alert_ratelimited(bp->b_mount,
 "metadata I/O error in \"%pS\" at daddr 0x%llx len %d error %d",
 			func, (uint64_t)XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp), bp->b_length,
 			-bp->b_error);