diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
index 81f909c2101f..139ab1997e06 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
@@ -1601,8 +1601,7 @@ static irqreturn_t serial8250_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		l = l->next;
 
 		if (l == i->head && pass_counter++ > PASS_LIMIT) {
-			/* If we hit this, we're dead. */
-			printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR
+			pr_debug_ratelimited(
 				"serial8250: too much work for irq%d\n", irq);
 			break;
 		}