diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 69049179c280..85290266bea0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static void rpc_release_task(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u release task\n", task->tk_pid);
 
-	BUG_ON (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(RPC_IS_QUEUED(task));
 
 	rpc_release_resources_task(task);