diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 024798a9c01613120139f1e59f46470241b746fb..fca0fcade2d6946213f1fa0c6c4ec4064937d470 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,8 @@ intel_dp_aux_ch(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 	/* Timeouts occur when the device isn't connected, so they're
 	 * "normal" -- don't fill the kernel log with these */
 	if (status & DP_AUX_CH_CTL_TIME_OUT_ERROR) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("dp_aux_ch timeout status 0x%08x\n", status);
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS_RATELIMITED("dp_aux_ch timeout status 0x%08x\n",
+					  status);
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto out;
 	}