diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 910db75..4d9c916 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -405,6 +405,50 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * ratelimited messages with local ratelimit_state,
+ * no local ratelimit_state used in the !PRINTK case
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
+#define printk_ratelimited(fmt, ...)  ({		\
+	static struct ratelimit_state _rs = {		\
+		.interval = DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, \
+		.burst = DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST,       \
+	};                                              \
+							\
+	if (!__ratelimit(&_rs))                         \
+		printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
+})
+#else
+/* No effect, but we still get type checking even in the !PRINTK case: */
+#define printk_ratelimited printk
+#endif
+
+#define pr_emerg_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_EMERG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_alert_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_ALERT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_crit_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_CRIT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_err_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_warning_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_notice_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_info_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+/* no pr_cont_ratelimited, don't do that... */
+/* If you are writing a driver, please use dev_dbg instead */
+#if defined(DEBUG)
+#define pr_debug_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define pr_debug_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
+	({ if (0) printk_ratelimited(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), \
+				     ##__VA_ARGS__); 0; })
+#endif
+
+/*
  * General tracing related utility functions - trace_printk(),
  * tracing_on/tracing_off and tracing_start()/tracing_stop
  *