diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index bd689938a2e0c78810895d5bd06377fe1a0853d7..f2e65df32a06a2b7b640b256acd6dd3af0a3807b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ void nft_payload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			goto err;
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		goto err;
 	}
 	offset += priv->offset;
 
@@ -664,7 +665,8 @@ static void nft_payload_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			goto err;
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	csum_offset = offset + priv->csum_offset;