diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
index c530c795f4ab6c9b1413db821623d6df3ebea748..0f8b6877497edff06b21346db23d06e017118429 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ netdev_tx_t wil_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 		goto drop;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(!test_bit(wil_status_fwconnected, wil->status))) {
-		wil_err(wil, "FW not connected\n");
+		wil_err_ratelimited(wil, "FW not connected\n");
 		goto drop;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(wil->wdev->iftype == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)) {