diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 22b0472a5fad..2256391ddbb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ void can_free_echo_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int idx)
 {
 	struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	BUG_ON(idx >= priv->echo_skb_max);
+	if (idx >= priv->echo_skb_max) {
+		netdev_err(dev, "%s: BUG! Trying to access can_priv::echo_skb out of bounds (%u/max %u)\n",
+			   __func__, idx, priv->echo_skb_max);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (priv->echo_skb[idx]) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(priv->echo_skb[idx]);