diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index bcb6b676608b..5de200663f51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7308,12 +7308,12 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
 	}
 
 	if (!ops->cpu_has_kvm_support()) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "kvm: no hardware support\n");
+		pr_err_ratelimited("kvm: no hardware support\n");
 		r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (ops->disabled_by_bios()) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "kvm: disabled by bios\n");
+		pr_err_ratelimited("kvm: disabled by bios\n");
 		r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}