diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 47ca1ebda056d4af270f9790f73ed01596c827a5..4bf93184362ec34b366c4f95870b5d9aba8122bf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -6793,7 +6793,7 @@ static int __btrfs_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			}
 			extent_slot = path->slots[0];
 		}
-	} else if (WARN_ON(ret == -ENOENT)) {
+	} else if (ret == -ENOENT) {
 		btrfs_print_leaf(path->nodes[0]);
 		btrfs_err(info,
 			"unable to find ref byte nr %llu parent %llu root %llu  owner %llu offset %llu",