diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 86605f6d0854..485ed8c7d623 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static inline void __drbd_chk_io_error_(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int forcedetach,
 	switch (mdev->ldev->dc.on_io_error) {
 	case EP_PASS_ON:
 		if (!forcedetach) {
-			if (printk_ratelimit())
+			if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
 				dev_err(DEV, "Local IO failed in %s."
 					     "Passing error on...\n", where);
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index c978557b4b80..6b077f93acc6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -3783,7 +3783,7 @@ _drbd_insert_fault(struct drbd_conf *mdev, unsigned int type)
 	if (ret) {
 		fault_count++;
 
-		if (printk_ratelimit())
+		if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
 			dev_warn(DEV, "***Simulating %s failure\n",
 				_drbd_fault_str(type));
 	}