diff --git a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
index e011f1ce187..4b2495285d9 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ bad_area:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
-		if (exception_trace)
+		if (exception_trace && printk_ratelimit())
 			printk("%s%s[%d]: segfault at %08lx pc %08lx "
 			       "sp %08lx ecr %lu\n",
 			       is_init(tsk) ? KERN_EMERG : KERN_INFO,