diff --git a/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go b/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
index d32fad50..6f0a353d 100644
--- a/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
+++ b/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package ratelimit
 import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // Limiter ..
@@ -14,13 +12,5 @@ type Limiter interface {
 
 // Take ..
 func Take(ctx context.Context, l Limiter) {
-	throttled := l.Take(ctx)
-
-	if throttled.Milliseconds() > 10 {
-		log.WithFields(
-			log.Fields{
-				"for": throttled.String(),
-			},
-		).Debug("throttled GitLab requests")
-	}
+	l.Take(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ratelimit/redis.go b/pkg/ratelimit/redis.go
index 6ba4cca7..8544e60d 100644
--- a/pkg/ratelimit/redis.go
+++ b/pkg/ratelimit/redis.go
@@ -29,14 +29,25 @@ func NewRedisLimiter(redisClient *redis.Client, maxRPS int) Limiter {
 func (r Redis) Take(ctx context.Context) time.Duration {
 	start := time.Now()
 
-	res, err := r.Allow(ctx, redisKey, redis_rate.PerSecond(r.MaxRPS))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithContext(ctx).
-			WithError(err).
-			Fatal()
+	for {
+		res, err := r.Allow(ctx, redisKey, redis_rate.PerSecond(r.MaxRPS))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithContext(ctx).
+				WithError(err).
+				Fatal()
+		}
+
+		if res.Allowed > 0 {
+			break
+		} else {
+			log.WithFields(
+				log.Fields{
+					"for": res.RetryAfter.String(),
+				},
+			).Debug("throttled GitLab requests")
+			time.Sleep(res.RetryAfter)
+		}
 	}
 
-	time.Sleep(res.RetryAfter)
-
 	return start.Sub(time.Now())
 }