diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
index d026890a984272e24e40f05341ea7b30998e8cbb..d2ada666d889e0edc040e1b4af31b63f386df17b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ nft_do_chain(struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, void *priv)
 	case NFT_RETURN:
 		break;
 	default:
-		WARN_ON(1);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	}
 
 	if (stackptr > 0) {