diff --git a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ClusterLoadBalancerSubscriber.java b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ClusterLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
index 98b90a3332..a1329adf8c 100644
--- a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ClusterLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
+++ b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ClusterLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ protected void handlePut(final String listenTo, final ClusterProperties discover
     }
     else
     {
+      _log.warn("Received a null cluster properties for {}", listenTo);
       // still insert the ClusterInfoItem when discoveryProperties is null, but don't create accessor
       _simpleLoadBalancerState.getClusterInfo().put(listenTo,
         new ClusterInfoItem(_simpleLoadBalancerState, null, null, null));
diff --git a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ServiceLoadBalancerSubscriber.java b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ServiceLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
index 37cd144797..422afc6297 100644
--- a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ServiceLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
+++ b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/ServiceLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ else if (oldServicePropertiesItem != null)
       // we'll just ignore the event and move on.
       // we could receive a null if the file store properties cannot read/write a file.
       // in this case it's better to leave the state intact and not do anything
-      _log.warn("We receive a null service properties for {}. ", listenTo);
+      _log.warn("Received a null service properties for {}", listenTo);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/UriLoadBalancerSubscriber.java b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/UriLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
index ae41f5258a..86078a8756 100644
--- a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/UriLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
+++ b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/balancer/simple/UriLoadBalancerSubscriber.java
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 import com.linkedin.d2.balancer.properties.PartitionData;
 import com.linkedin.d2.balancer.properties.UriProperties;
 import com.linkedin.d2.discovery.event.PropertyEventBus;
+import com.linkedin.util.RateLimitedLogger;
+import com.linkedin.util.clock.SystemClock;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@
 class UriLoadBalancerSubscriber extends AbstractLoadBalancerSubscriber<UriProperties>
 {
   private static final Logger _log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UriLoadBalancerSubscriber.class);
+  private static final RateLimitedLogger RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER =
+      new RateLimitedLogger(_log, TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(10), SystemClock.instance());
 
   private SimpleLoadBalancerState _simpleLoadBalancerState;
 
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ protected void handlePut(final String cluster, final UriProperties uriProperties
       // uri properties was null, we'll just log the event and continues.
       // The reasoning is we might receive a null event when there's a problem writing/reading
       // cache file, or we just started listening to a cluster without any uris yet.
-      warn(_log, "received a null uri properties for cluster: ", cluster);
+      RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER.warn("Received a null uri properties for cluster: {}", cluster);
     }
   }
 
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ protected void handlePut(final String cluster, final UriProperties uriProperties
   protected void handleRemove(final String cluster)
   {
     _simpleLoadBalancerState.getUriProperties().remove(cluster);
-    warn(_log, "received a uri properties event remove() for cluster: ", cluster);
+    warn(RATE_LIMITED_LOGGER, "received a uri properties event remove() for cluster: ", cluster);
     _simpleLoadBalancerState.removeTrackerClients(cluster);
   }
 }
diff --git a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/file/FileStore.java b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/file/FileStore.java
index bcad5deaf0..1fba8c52b2 100644
--- a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/file/FileStore.java
+++ b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/file/FileStore.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public void put(String listenTo, T discoveryProperties)
     {
       if (discoveryProperties == null)
       {
-        warn(_log, "received a null property for resource ", listenTo, " received a null property");
+        _log.warn("Received and ignored a null property for resource: {}", listenTo);
       }
       else
       {