diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
index 184c749766f29455bc57bf71ecb84b905a6354a7..185a1d8414b96066678e7a12d0004c258694b478 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
@@ -661,11 +661,10 @@ void iwl_mvm_handle_rx_statistics(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 		expected_size = sizeof(struct iwl_notif_statistics_cdb);
 	}
 
-	if (iwl_rx_packet_payload_len(pkt) != expected_size) {
-		IWL_ERR(mvm, "received invalid statistics size (%d)!\n",
-			iwl_rx_packet_payload_len(pkt));
+	if (WARN_ONCE(iwl_rx_packet_payload_len(pkt) != expected_size,
+		      "received invalid statistics size (%d)!\n",
+		      iwl_rx_packet_payload_len(pkt)))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	if (!iwl_mvm_has_new_rx_stats_api(mvm)) {
 		struct iwl_notif_statistics_v11 *stats = (void *)&pkt->data;