diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index a00d607e7224d422e6f3ae3b139bee9706852d7b..3dffb892d52cf191f53e282bff9fb65594605476 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -3845,7 +3845,7 @@ static void __net_exit pfkey_net_exit(struct net *net)
 	struct netns_pfkey *net_pfkey = net_generic(net, pfkey_net_id);
 
 	pfkey_exit_proc(net);
-	BUG_ON(!hlist_empty(&net_pfkey->table));
+	WARN_ON(!hlist_empty(&net_pfkey->table));
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations pfkey_net_ops = {