diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 6cdfce6f28672d42ce813ba2a9dc4d18b4939e42..3488388eea5dd0d4c5fa03c1b4ec2bcaf30a1120 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ int tcp_read_skb(struct sock *sk, skb_read_actor_t recv_actor)
 		return 0;
 
 	__skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
-	WARN_ON(!skb_set_owner_sk_safe(skb, sk));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_set_owner_sk_safe(skb, sk));
 	copied = recv_actor(sk, skb);
 	if (copied >= 0) {
 		seq += copied;