diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e101c6dde72d..6d078a3891ce 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fa1f68db6ca7ebb6fc4487ac215bffba06c01c28
+refs/heads/master: d8521fcc5e0ad3e79bbc4231bb20a6cdc2b50164
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h b/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h
index ea8490d7020e..05f332afc9e0 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -424,14 +424,13 @@ static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
  * no local ratelimit_state used in the !PRINTK case
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
-#define printk_ratelimited(fmt, ...)  ({		\
-	static struct ratelimit_state _rs = {		\
-		.interval = DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL, \
-		.burst = DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST,       \
-	};                                              \
-							\
-	if (__ratelimit(&_rs))                          \
-		printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
+#define printk_ratelimited(fmt, ...)  ({				\
+	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(_rs,				\
+				      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,	\
+				      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);		\
+									\
+	if (__ratelimit(&_rs))						\
+		printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
 })
 #else
 /* No effect, but we still get type checking even in the !PRINTK case: */