1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index cd650ca8c679..abdafd488980 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
 {
         int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1;
 
-        if (list_empty(&misc->list))
+        if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&misc->list)))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);