diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 307b555024ef..4cebe8a7c2cb 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(avc, next, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) {
 		struct anon_vma *anon_vma = avc->anon_vma;
 
-		BUG_ON(anon_vma->degree);
+		VM_WARN_ON(anon_vma->degree);
 		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 
 		list_del(&avc->same_vma);