diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
index 0905502bee15..5859c8bc727c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ void __init arm_dt_init_cpu_maps(void)
 		tmp_map[i] = hwid;
 	}
 
-	if (WARN(!bootcpu_valid, "DT missing boot CPU MPIDR[23:0], "
-				 "fall back to default cpu_logical_map\n"))
+	if (!bootcpu_valid) {
+		pr_warn("DT missing boot CPU MPIDR[23:0], fall back to default cpu_logical_map\n");
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Since the boot CPU node contains proper data, and all nodes have