diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
index 5f22e74bbadea0822e3f6f5378b732ab3c1e333d..8e568428c88be059299b5ada7eb48e7d289a04fe 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/efi.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 	ssize_t size = 0;
 	int err;
 
+	while (!__ratelimit(&file->f_cred->user->ratelimit)) {
+		if (!msleep_interruptible(50))
+			return -EINTR;
+	}
+
 	err = efivar_entry_size(var, &datasize);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/user.h b/include/linux/sched/user.h
index 0dcf4e480ef73345174bfb7d1446e0e1a89daa5c..96fe289c4c6e496fefd005d3100c84bf58f81698 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/user.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/user.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/uidgid.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
 struct key;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ struct user_struct {
     defined(CONFIG_NET)
 	atomic_long_t locked_vm;
 #endif
+
+	/* Miscellaneous per-user rate limit */
+	struct ratelimit_state ratelimit;
 };
 
 extern int uids_sysfs_init(void);
diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 9a20acce460d53cf23f7057c7dc122b685ae639d..36288d8406756400f5008ee0631b810301504e0d 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct user_struct root_user = {
 	.sigpending	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),
 	.locked_shm     = 0,
 	.uid		= GLOBAL_ROOT_UID,
+	.ratelimit	= RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(root_user.ratelimit, 0, 0),
 };
 
 /*
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ struct user_struct *alloc_uid(kuid_t uid)
 
 		new->uid = uid;
 		atomic_set(&new->__count, 1);
+		ratelimit_state_init(&new->ratelimit, HZ, 100);
+		ratelimit_set_flags(&new->ratelimit, RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE);
 
 		/*
 		 * Before adding this, check whether we raced