diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index dc12264f44f5..89341b658bd0 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static void shmem_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		kfree(info->symlink);
 
 	simple_xattrs_free(&info->xattrs);
-	BUG_ON(inode->i_blocks);
+	WARN_ON(inode->i_blocks);
 	shmem_free_inode(inode->i_sb);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 }