diff --git a/dpdk/dpdk-16.04_patches/0006-Temporarily-disable-unthrottled-log-message.patch b/dpdk/dpdk-16.04_patches/0006-Temporarily-disable-unthrottled-log-message.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2241522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpdk/dpdk-16.04_patches/0006-Temporarily-disable-unthrottled-log-message.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 454e25ed57c17ec18ee76ead4a75f9abdf579608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
+Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 10:22:39 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Temporarily disable unthrottled log message.
+
+Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
+---
+ lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+index 06b26a9..8d918a4 100644
+--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
++++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ eal_intr_process_interrupts(struct epoll_event *events, int nfds)
+ 				if (errno == EINTR || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+ 					continue;
+ 
++                                /* $$$ disable to avoid filling /var/log */
++                                if (0)
+ 				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Error reading from file "
+ 					"descriptor %d: %s\n",
+ 					events[n].data.fd,
+-- 
+2.7.4
+