diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index ba05b64e5d8..d8a17a5e7b7 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@
 #include <linux/frontswap.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
+/*
+ * We don't need to see swap errors more than once every 1 second to know
+ * that a problem is occurring.
+ */
+#define SWAP_ERROR_LOG_RATE_MS 1000
+
 static struct bio *get_swap_bio(gfp_t gfp_flags,
 				struct page *page, bio_end_io_t end_io)
 {
@@ -47,6 +54,7 @@ void end_swap_bio_write(struct bio *bio, int err)
 {
 	const int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
 	struct page *page = bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page;
+	static unsigned long swap_error_rs_time;
 
 	if (!uptodate) {
 		SetPageError(page);
@@ -59,7 +67,9 @@ void end_swap_bio_write(struct bio *bio, int err)
 		 * Also clear PG_reclaim to avoid rotate_reclaimable_page()
 		 */
 		set_page_dirty(page);
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Write-error on swap-device (%u:%u:%Lu)\n",
+		if (printk_timed_ratelimit(&swap_error_rs_time,
+					   SWAP_ERROR_LOG_RATE_MS))
+			printk(KERN_ALERT "Write-error on swap-device (%u:%u:%Lu)\n",
 				imajor(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode),
 				iminor(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode),
 				(unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector);