diff --git a/common/ubiformat.c b/common/ubiformat.c
index aaa1f5d..0f05f09 100644
--- a/common/ubiformat.c
+++ b/common/ubiformat.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
 	int fd, img_ebs, eb, written_ebs = 0, ret = -1, eb_cnt;
 	off_t st_size;
 	char *buf = NULL;
+	uint64_t lastprint = 0;
 
 	eb_cnt = mtd_num_pebs(mtd);
 
@@ -229,8 +230,12 @@
 		long long ec;
 
 		if (!args->quiet && !args->verbose) {
-			printf("\rubiformat: flashing eraseblock %d -- %2u %% complete  ",
-			       eb, (eb + 1) * 100 / eb_cnt);
+			if (is_timeout(lastprint, 300 * MSECOND) ||
+			    eb == eb_cnt - 1) {
+				printf("\rubiformat: flashing eraseblock %d -- %2u %% complete  ",
+					eb, (eb + 1) * 100 / eb_cnt);
+				lastprint = get_time_ns();
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (si->ec[eb] == EB_BAD)
@@ -325,6 +330,7 @@
 	struct ubi_vtbl_record *vtbl;
 	int eb1 = -1, eb2 = -1;
 	long long ec1 = -1, ec2 = -1;
+	uint64_t lastprint = 0;
 
 	eb_cnt = mtd_num_pebs(mtd);
 
@@ -340,8 +346,12 @@
 		long long ec;
 
 		if (!args->quiet && !args->verbose) {
-			printf("\rubiformat: formatting eraseblock %d -- %2u %% complete  ",
-			       eb, (eb + 1 - start_eb) * 100 / (eb_cnt - start_eb));
+			if (is_timeout(lastprint, 300 * MSECOND) ||
+			    eb == eb_cnt - 1) {
+				printf("\rubiformat: formatting eraseblock %d -- %2u %% complete  ",
+					eb, (eb + 1 - start_eb) * 100 / (eb_cnt - start_eb));
+				lastprint = get_time_ns();
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (si->ec[eb] == EB_BAD)
diff --git a/lib/libscan.c b/lib/libscan.c
index 74a24b5..c4139e6 100644
--- a/lib/libscan.c
+++ b/lib/libscan.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 	int eb, v = (verbose == 2), pr = (verbose == 1), eb_cnt;
 	struct ubi_scan_info *si;
 	unsigned long long sum = 0;
+	uint64_t lastprint = 0;
 
 	eb_cnt = mtd_div_by_eb(mtd->size, mtd);
 
@@ -66,8 +67,12 @@
 		if (v)
 			normsg_cont("scanning eraseblock %d", eb);
 		if (pr) {
-			printf("\r" PROGRAM_NAME ": scanning eraseblock %d -- %2u %% complete  ",
-			       eb, (eb + 1) * 100 / eb_cnt);
+			if (is_timeout(lastprint, 300 * MSECOND) ||
+			    eb == eb_cnt - 1) {
+				printf("\r" PROGRAM_NAME ": scanning eraseblock %d -- %2u %% complete  ",
+					eb, (eb + 1) * 100 / eb_cnt);
+				lastprint = get_time_ns();
+			}
 		}
 
 		ret = mtd_peb_is_bad(mtd, eb);