diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7e2d5274333fb7302a2354371ad93eb5556d3080..cbc34c0db3762dd0962ff250078e22679e8d4820 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,8 @@ static void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q)
 {
-	BUG_ON(q == &noop_qdisc);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(q == &noop_qdisc))
+		return;
 
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state)) {
 		struct softnet_data *sd;