diff --git a/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/BackgroundJobsController.java b/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/BackgroundJobsController.java
index 04d694778e1a3..58396eb69d14d 100644
--- a/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/BackgroundJobsController.java
+++ b/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/BackgroundJobsController.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public final class BackgroundJobsController extends StateController {
             isActive = (activeState == KNOWN_ACTIVE);
         }
         if (isActive && jobStatus.getStandbyBucket() == NEVER_INDEX) {
-            Slog.wtf(TAG, "App " + packageName + " became active but still in NEVER bucket");
+            jobStatus.maybeLogBucketMismatch();
         }
         boolean didChange = jobStatus.setBackgroundNotRestrictedConstraintSatisfied(canRun);
         didChange |= jobStatus.setUidActive(isActive);
diff --git a/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/JobStatus.java b/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/JobStatus.java
index 51525e0c38f50..09dc7d281cb4c 100644
--- a/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/JobStatus.java
+++ b/apex/jobscheduler/service/java/com/android/server/job/controllers/JobStatus.java
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ public final class JobStatus {
      */
     private int standbyBucket;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether we've logged an error due to standby bucket mismatch with active uid state.
+     */
+    private boolean mLoggedBucketMismatch;
+
     /**
      * Debugging: timestamp if we ever defer this job based on standby bucketing, this
      * is when we did so.
@@ -805,6 +810,18 @@ public final class JobStatus {
         }
 
         standbyBucket = newBucket;
+        mLoggedBucketMismatch = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Log a bucket mismatch if this is the first time for this job.
+     */
+    public void maybeLogBucketMismatch() {
+        if (!mLoggedBucketMismatch) {
+            Slog.wtf(TAG,
+                    "App " + getSourcePackageName() + " became active but still in NEVER bucket");
+            mLoggedBucketMismatch = true;
+        }
     }
 
     // Called only by the standby monitoring code