diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 36a1bb6d1ee0..1af51b1586d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ void intel_init_thermal(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 
 	if ((l & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_TM1) && (h & APIC_DM_SMI)) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG
-		       "CPU%d: Thermal monitoring handled by SMI\n", cpu);
+		if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "CPU%d: Thermal monitoring handled by SMI\n", cpu);
 		return;
 	}