diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 9d1da1d..20805db 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -128,19 +128,13 @@
 	page_cache_release(page);
 }
 
-
-static int quiet_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	if (!test_bit(BH_Quiet, &bh->b_state) && printk_ratelimit())
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-
 static void buffer_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh, char *msg)
 {
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-	printk(KERN_ERR "Buffer I/O error on dev %s, logical block %llu%s\n",
+
+	if (!test_bit(BH_Quiet, &bh->b_state))
+		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR
+			"Buffer I/O error on dev %s, logical block %llu%s\n",
 			bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b),
 			(unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, msg);
 }
@@ -180,8 +174,7 @@
 	if (uptodate) {
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	} else {
-		if (!quiet_error(bh))
-			buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost sync page write");
+		buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost sync page write");
 		set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	}
@@ -298,8 +291,7 @@
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	} else {
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		if (!quiet_error(bh))
-			buffer_io_error(bh, ", async page read");
+		buffer_io_error(bh, ", async page read");
 		SetPageError(page);
 	}
 
@@ -358,8 +350,7 @@
 	if (uptodate) {
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	} else {
-		if (!quiet_error(bh))
-			buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost async page write");
+		buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost async page write");
 		set_bit(AS_EIO, &page->mapping->flags);
 		set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);