diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index 842f168153957109b5ebc6424e8d823df942539e..eaff8f83b5ac7ee345d56c1482c9b0c0d1852ca3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -1689,7 +1689,9 @@ static void intr_callback(struct urb *urb)
 			   "Stop submitting intr, status %d\n", status);
 		return;
 	case -EOVERFLOW:
-		netif_info(tp, intr, tp->netdev, "intr status -EOVERFLOW\n");
+		if (net_ratelimit())
+			netif_info(tp, intr, tp->netdev,
+				   "intr status -EOVERFLOW\n");
 		goto resubmit;
 	/* -EPIPE:  should clear the halt */
 	default: