diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index cd888d4ee605..0be31b3eadab 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -439,10 +439,8 @@ static void _crng_backtrack_protect(struct crng_state *crng,
 static void process_random_ready_list(void);
 static void _get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes);
 
-static struct ratelimit_state unseeded_warning =
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT("warn_unseeded_randomness", HZ, 3);
-static struct ratelimit_state urandom_warning =
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT("warn_urandom_randomness", HZ, 3);
+static struct ratelimit_state unseeded_warning = RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(HZ, 3);
+static struct ratelimit_state urandom_warning = RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(HZ, 3);
 
 static int ratelimit_disable __read_mostly;
 
@@ -937,24 +935,22 @@ static void crng_reseed(struct crng_state *crng, struct entropy_store *r)
 	crng->init_time = jiffies;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crng->lock, flags);
 	if (crng == &primary_crng && crng_init < 2) {
+		unsigned int unseeded_miss, urandom_miss;
+
 		invalidate_batched_entropy();
 		numa_crng_init();
 		crng_init = 2;
 		process_random_ready_list();
 		wake_up_interruptible(&crng_init_wait);
 		pr_notice("random: crng init done\n");
-		if (unseeded_warning.missed) {
-			pr_notice("random: %d get_random_xx warning(s) missed "
-				  "due to ratelimiting\n",
-				  unseeded_warning.missed);
-			unseeded_warning.missed = 0;
-		}
-		if (urandom_warning.missed) {
-			pr_notice("random: %d urandom warning(s) missed "
-				  "due to ratelimiting\n",
-				  urandom_warning.missed);
-			urandom_warning.missed = 0;
-		}
+		unseeded_miss = atomic_xchg(&unseeded_warning.missed, 0);
+		if (unseeded_miss)
+			pr_notice("random: %u get_random_xx warning(s) missed "
+				  "due to ratelimiting\n", unseeded_miss);
+		urandom_miss = atomic_xchg(&urandom_warning.missed, 0);
+		if (urandom_miss)
+			pr_notice("random: %u urandom warning(s) missed "
+				  "due to ratelimiting\n", urandom_miss);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index 019bd2d073ad..dcfba3023547 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ free_oa_buffer(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 static void i915_oa_stream_destroy(struct i915_perf_stream *stream)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = stream->dev_priv;
+	unsigned int msg_missed;
 
 	BUG_ON(stream != dev_priv->perf.oa.exclusive_stream);
 
@@ -1317,9 +1318,10 @@ static void i915_oa_stream_destroy(struct i915_perf_stream *stream)
 
 	put_oa_config(dev_priv, stream->oa_config);
 
-	if (dev_priv->perf.oa.spurious_report_rs.missed) {
-		DRM_NOTE("%d spurious OA report notices suppressed due to ratelimiting\n",
-			 dev_priv->perf.oa.spurious_report_rs.missed);
+	msg_missed = atomic_read(&dev_priv->perf.oa.spurious_report_rs.missed);
+	if (msg_missed) {
+		DRM_NOTE("%u spurious OA report notices suppressed due to ratelimiting\n",
+			 msg_missed);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 81107ad49f3a..ffab6c23bc50 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ static const char * const logtypes[] = {
  * messages doesn't cause more important ones to be dropped.
  */
 static struct ratelimit_state printk_limits[] = {
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[0], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[1], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[2], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[3], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[4], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[5], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[6], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(printk_limits[7], DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, 100),
 };
 
 void btrfs_printk(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *fmt, ...)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
index 58ae76b3a421..8b58b439694a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ xfs_scrub_experimental_warning(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
 	static struct ratelimit_state scrub_warning = RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(
-			"xfs_scrub_warning", 86400 * HZ, 1);
+			86400 * HZ, 1);
 	ratelimit_set_flags(&scrub_warning, RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE);
 
 	if (__ratelimit(&scrub_warning))
diff --git a/include/linux/ratelimit.h b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
index 8ddf79e9207a..f9a9386dd869 100644
--- a/include/linux/ratelimit.h
+++ b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/param.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 #define DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL	(5 * HZ)
 #define DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST		10
@@ -13,38 +12,39 @@
 #define RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE	BIT(0)
 
 struct ratelimit_state {
-	raw_spinlock_t	lock;		/* protect the state */
+	atomic_t	printed;
+	atomic_t	missed;
 
 	int		interval;
 	int		burst;
-	int		printed;
-	int		missed;
 	unsigned long	begin;
 	unsigned long	flags;
 };
 
-#define RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(name, interval_init, burst_init) {		\
-		.lock		= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(name.lock),	\
+#define RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(interval_init, burst_init) {		\
 		.interval	= interval_init,			\
 		.burst		= burst_init,				\
+		.printed	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),			\
+		.missed		= ATOMIC_INIT(0),			\
 	}
 
 #define RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT_DISABLED					\
-	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(ratelimit_state, 0, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST)
+	RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(0, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST)
 
 #define DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(name, interval_init, burst_init)		\
 									\
 	struct ratelimit_state name =					\
-		RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(name, interval_init, burst_init)	\
+		RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(interval_init, burst_init)
 
 static inline void ratelimit_state_init(struct ratelimit_state *rs,
 					int interval, int burst)
 {
 	memset(rs, 0, sizeof(*rs));
 
-	raw_spin_lock_init(&rs->lock);
 	rs->interval	= interval;
 	rs->burst	= burst;
+	atomic_set(&rs->printed, 0);
+	atomic_set(&rs->missed, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void ratelimit_default_init(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
@@ -53,16 +53,21 @@ static inline void ratelimit_default_init(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
 					DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Keeping It Simple: not reenterable and not safe for concurrent
+ * ___ratelimit() call as used only by devkmsg_release().
+ */
 static inline void ratelimit_state_exit(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
 {
+	int missed;
+
 	if (!(rs->flags & RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE))
 		return;
 
-	if (rs->missed) {
+	missed = atomic_xchg(&rs->missed, 0);
+	if (missed)
 		pr_warn("%s: %d output lines suppressed due to ratelimiting\n",
-			current->comm, rs->missed);
-		rs->missed = 0;
-	}
+			current->comm, missed);
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 36288d840675..a964f842d8f0 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct user_struct root_user = {
 	.sigpending	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),
 	.locked_shm     = 0,
 	.uid		= GLOBAL_ROOT_UID,
-	.ratelimit	= RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(root_user.ratelimit, 0, 0),
+	.ratelimit	= RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(0, 0),
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/ratelimit.c b/lib/ratelimit.c
index d01f47135239..d9b749d40108 100644
--- a/lib/ratelimit.c
+++ b/lib/ratelimit.c
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 
+static void ratelimit_end_interval(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func)
+{
+	rs->begin = jiffies;
+
+	if (!(rs->flags & RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE)) {
+		unsigned int missed = atomic_xchg(&rs->missed, 0);
+
+		if (missed)
+			pr_warn("%s: %u callbacks suppressed\n", func, missed);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * __ratelimit - rate limiting
  * @rs: ratelimit_state data
@@ -27,45 +39,30 @@
  */
 int ___ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
-
 	if (!rs->interval)
 		return 1;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we contend on this state's lock then almost
-	 * by definition we are too busy to print a message,
-	 * in addition to the one that will be printed by
-	 * the entity that is holding the lock already:
-	 */
-	if (!raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&rs->lock, flags))
+	if (unlikely(!rs->burst)) {
+		atomic_add_unless(&rs->missed, 1, -1);
+		if (time_is_before_jiffies(rs->begin + rs->interval))
+			ratelimit_end_interval(rs, func);
+
 		return 0;
+	}
 
-	if (!rs->begin)
-		rs->begin = jiffies;
+	if (atomic_add_unless(&rs->printed, 1, rs->burst))
+		return 1;
 
 	if (time_is_before_jiffies(rs->begin + rs->interval)) {
-		if (rs->missed) {
-			if (!(rs->flags & RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE)) {
-				printk_deferred(KERN_WARNING
-						"%s: %d callbacks suppressed\n",
-						func, rs->missed);
-				rs->missed = 0;
-			}
-		}
-		rs->begin   = jiffies;
-		rs->printed = 0;
-	}
-	if (rs->burst && rs->burst > rs->printed) {
-		rs->printed++;
-		ret = 1;
-	} else {
-		rs->missed++;
-		ret = 0;
+		if (atomic_cmpxchg(&rs->printed, rs->burst, 0))
+			ratelimit_end_interval(rs, func);
 	}
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rs->lock, flags);
 
-	return ret;
+	if (atomic_add_unless(&rs->printed, 1, rs->burst))
+		return 1;
+
+	atomic_add_unless(&rs->missed, 1, -1);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(___ratelimit);
