diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 26664f2a139e..9afb79b322fb 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -700,9 +700,7 @@ static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio, struct hd_struct *part)
 
 		if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
 			return false;
-
-		WARN_ONCE(1,
-		       "Trying to write to read-only block-device %s (partno %d)\n",
+		pr_warn("Trying to write to read-only block-device %s (partno %d)\n",
 			bio_devname(bio, b), part->partno);
 		/* Older lvm-tools actually trigger this */
 		return false;