diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index d3aaa4f..2a2898ce 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1234,8 +1234,7 @@
 	 */
 	sock = sock_alloc();
 	if (!sock) {
-		if (net_ratelimit())
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "socket: no more sockets\n");
+		net_warn_ratelimited("socket: no more sockets\n");
 		return -ENFILE;	/* Not exactly a match, but its the
 				   closest posix thing */
 	}