diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 245de1a208f4..32aea0b779c5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ struct rpc_task *rpc_run_bc_task(struct rpc_rqst *req,
 
 	task->tk_action = call_bc_transmit;
 	atomic_inc(&task->tk_count);
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&task->tk_count) != 2);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&task->tk_count) != 2);
 	rpc_execute(task);
 
 out: