diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls.c
index 814f2a56f633..30a70d139046 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int mlx5e_ktls_add(struct net_device *netdev, struct sock *sk,
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 	int err;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!mlx5e_ktls_type_check(mdev, crypto_info)))
+	if (!mlx5e_ktls_type_check(mdev, crypto_info))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (direction == TLS_OFFLOAD_CTX_DIR_TX)