diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 9fb892b6afe30c4754d25274c9b5866da127c7c7..0996b3be751a8c79b2c71b529e1bfe892417ef96 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,8 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
 		c->page = new;
 		goto load_freelist;
 	}
-	slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node);
+	if (!(gfpflags & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit())
+		slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node);
 	return NULL;
 debug:
 	if (!alloc_debug_processing(s, c->page, object, addr))