diff --git a/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c b/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
index 0b2eb388cbda3c6d863557797ad786b992444931..15c7a8a1c24fd5c68b60b1903e4272eb6a293abd 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int bc_send(struct rpc_rqst *req)
 	if (IS_ERR(task))
 		ret = PTR_ERR(task);
 	else {
-		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&task->tk_count) != 1);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&task->tk_count) != 1);
 		ret = task->tk_status;
 		rpc_put_task(task);
 	}