diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/grace.c b/fs/nfs_common/grace.c
index 897b299db55e01e291641b35d25f4c903962fec5..bd3e2d328e64dedb65c895aa29410b97ffc6ed8e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs_common/grace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs_common/grace.c
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ grace_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct list_head *grace_list = net_generic(net, grace_net_id);
 
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(grace_list));
+	WARN_ONCE(!list_empty(grace_list),
+		  "net %x %s: grace_list is not empty\n",
+		  net->ns.inum, __func__);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations grace_net_ops = {