diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 42bf0a3ec632e..f0e34b2b072ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2096,14 +2096,16 @@ static ssize_t tun_put_user(struct tun_struct *tun,
 					    tun_is_little_endian(tun), true,
 					    vlan_hlen)) {
 			struct skb_shared_info *sinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
-			pr_err("unexpected GSO type: "
-			       "0x%x, gso_size %d, hdr_len %d\n",
-			       sinfo->gso_type, tun16_to_cpu(tun, gso.gso_size),
-			       tun16_to_cpu(tun, gso.hdr_len));
-			print_hex_dump(KERN_ERR, "tun: ",
-				       DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
-				       16, 1, skb->head,
-				       min((int)tun16_to_cpu(tun, gso.hdr_len), 64), true);
+
+			if (net_ratelimit()) {
+				netdev_err(tun->dev, "unexpected GSO type: 0x%x, gso_size %d, hdr_len %d\n",
+					   sinfo->gso_type, tun16_to_cpu(tun, gso.gso_size),
+					   tun16_to_cpu(tun, gso.hdr_len));
+				print_hex_dump(KERN_ERR, "tun: ",
+					       DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
+					       16, 1, skb->head,
+					       min((int)tun16_to_cpu(tun, gso.hdr_len), 64), true);
+			}
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}