diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index 3019a4406ca4..74b63cdb5992 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -1380,8 +1380,9 @@ int ovs_ct_copy_action(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 	if (ct_info.timeout[0]) {
 		if (nf_ct_set_timeout(net, ct_info.ct, family, key->ip.proto,
 				      ct_info.timeout))
-			pr_info_ratelimited("Failed to associated timeout "
-					    "policy `%s'\n", ct_info.timeout);
+			OVS_NLERR(log,
+				  "Failed to associated timeout policy '%s'",
+				  ct_info.timeout);
 		else
 			ct_info.nf_ct_timeout = rcu_dereference(
 				nf_ct_timeout_find(ct_info.ct)->timeout);