pos = substream->ops->pointer(substream);
        if (pos == SNDRV_PCM_POS_XRUN)
                return pos; /* XRUN */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG
        if (pos >= runtime->buffer_size) {
-               snd_printk(KERN_ERR  "BUG: stream = %i, pos = 0x%lx, buffer size = 0x%lx, period size = 0x%lx\n", substream->stream, pos, runtime->buffer_size, runtime->period_size);
+               if (printk_ratelimit()) {
+                       snd_printd(KERN_ERR  "BUG: stream = %i, pos = 0x%lx, "
+                                  "buffer size = 0x%lx, period size = 0x%lx\n",
+                                  substream->stream, pos, runtime->buffer_size,
+                                  runtime->period_size);
+               }
+               pos = 0;
        }
-#endif
        pos -= pos % runtime->min_align;
        return pos;
 }