diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 9d51e9894ece..fdf25b8d6e78 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ static inline void bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio)
 	if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)) && bdev_read_only(bio->bi_bdev)) {
 		if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
 			return;
-		pr_warn("Trying to write to read-only block-device %pg\n",
-			bio->bi_bdev);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("Trying to write to read-only block-device %pg\n",
+				    bio->bi_bdev);
 		/* Older lvm-tools actually trigger this */
 	}
 }