diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index fc6754720ced..10ad042d01be 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ int nla_parse(struct nlattr **tb, int maxtype, const struct nlattr *head,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(rem > 0))
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "netlink: %d bytes leftover after parsing "
-		       "attributes.\n", rem);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("netlink: %d bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `%s'.\n",
+				    rem, current->comm);
 
 	err = 0;
 errout: