diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 2c4b1f109da9e6bc3bcedddd423f02cb84c6bc2f..d7a86935553a919ccb6ce2d6be6b1418565972e4 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -1719,7 +1720,6 @@ static void journal_destroy_journal_head_cache(void)
 static struct journal_head *journal_alloc_journal_head(void)
 {
 	struct journal_head *ret;
-	static unsigned long last_warning;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG
 	atomic_inc(&nr_journal_heads);
@@ -1727,11 +1727,9 @@ static struct journal_head *journal_alloc_journal_head(void)
 	ret = kmem_cache_alloc(journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (ret == NULL) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "out of memory for journal_head\n");
-		if (time_after(jiffies, last_warning + 5*HZ)) {
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n",
-			       __func__);
-			last_warning = jiffies;
-		}
+		printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE "ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n",
+				   __func__);
+
 		while (ret == NULL) {
 			yield();
 			ret = kmem_cache_alloc(journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);