diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0467a5d..3927f9f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ FIXES
 * README images moved from figures/ to tools/
 * mutate_geocode() now works with tibbles (#68, thanks dannguyen)
 * get_stamenmap() now properly changes colors to black and white.
+* geocode() throws rate limit errors only when source is google (#150,
+  thanks @royalts)
 
 
 ggmap 2.6.1
diff --git a/R/geocode.R b/R/geocode.R
index 27b7a01..5dca7fe 100644
--- a/R/geocode.R
+++ b/R/geocode.R
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ geocode <- function(location, output = c("latlon", "latlona", "more", "all"),
     }
 
     # message/stop as neeeded
-    s <- sprintf("google restricts requests to %s requests a day for non-premium use.", limit)
-    if(length(location) > as.numeric(limit)) stop(s, call. = FALSE)
+    if(source == 'google') {
+        s <- sprintf("google restricts requests to %s requests a day for non-premium use.", limit)
+        if(length(location) > as.numeric(limit)) stop(s, call. = FALSE)
+    }
     if(length(location) > 200 && messaging) message(paste("Reminder", s, sep = " : "))
 
     # geocode ply and out