diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
index ea032f54197e..3766545ce259 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ struct sk_buff *mlx5e_ktls_handle_tx_skb(struct net_device *netdev,
 		goto out;
 
 	tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(skb->sk);
-	if (unlikely(tls_ctx->netdev != netdev))
+	if (unlikely(WARN_ON_ONCE(tls_ctx->netdev != netdev)))
 		goto err_out;
 
 	priv_tx = mlx5e_get_ktls_tx_priv_ctx(tls_ctx);