diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 4021c10d9908..0508a1d8e4cd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1710,6 +1710,7 @@ int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	int	idx;
 	char	buf[64];
 	long	timeout = 0;
+	int	once = 1;
 
 	if (tty_paranoia_check(tty, inode, __func__))
 		return 0;
@@ -1790,8 +1791,11 @@ int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		if (!do_sleep)
 			break;
 
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s: read/write wait queue active!\n",
-				__func__, tty_name(tty, buf));
+		if (once) {
+			once = 0;
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s: read/write wait queue active!\n",
+			       __func__, tty_name(tty, buf));
+		}
 		tty_unlock_pair(tty, o_tty);
 		mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
 		schedule_timeout_killable(timeout);