diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/ipi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/ipi.c
index cce91bf26676cddee4b5c42fa21016a801411079..7434d8556d091612f688e2325dc6e2c8abfcde77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/ipi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/ipi.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void default_send_IPI_mask_logical(const struct cpumask *cpumask, int vector)
 	unsigned long mask = cpumask_bits(cpumask)[0];
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (WARN_ONCE(!mask, "empty IPI mask"))
+	if (!mask)
 		return;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);