diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index e8d351b7f9b0..9c352357fc8b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void tick_sched_do_timer(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-		WARN_ON(tick_nohz_full_running);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(tick_nohz_full_running);
 #endif
 		tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
 	}