diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 04fe25abc5f66e2e892cb8d606846e46d5a0b7f1..52cd2901a097b3b468f1107d9d870260aaff11e3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static void *__nf_hook_entries_try_shrink(struct nf_hook_entries __rcu **pp)
 	if (skip == hook_entries)
 		goto out_assign;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(skip == 0))
+	if (skip == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	hook_entries -= skip;