diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
index 84d16522d6647e69b8cda730e952e1f60baa003d..d31e9635902d69abf8f2a830e664aa2a2aa599d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -888,10 +888,9 @@ static void iwl_mvm_tx_add_stream(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	/*
 	 * The first deferred frame should've stopped the MAC queues, so we
 	 * should never get a second deferred frame for the RA/TID.
+	 * In case of GSO the first packet may have been split, so don't warn.
 	 */
-	if (!WARN(skb_queue_len(deferred_tx_frames) != 1,
-		  "RATID %d/%d has %d deferred frames\n", mvm_sta->sta_id, tid,
-		  skb_queue_len(deferred_tx_frames))) {
+	if (skb_queue_len(deferred_tx_frames) == 1) {
 		iwl_mvm_stop_mac_queues(mvm, BIT(mac_queue));
 		schedule_work(&mvm->add_stream_wk);
 	}