diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 9f478d29b926..4c4ac3feb26c 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -287,10 +287,8 @@ static int tracepoint_add_func(struct tracepoint *tp,
 	tp_funcs = rcu_dereference_protected(tp->funcs,
 			lockdep_is_held(&tracepoints_mutex));
 	old = func_add(&tp_funcs, func, prio);
-	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(PTR_ERR(old) != -ENOMEM);
+	if (IS_ERR(old))
 		return PTR_ERR(old);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * rcu_assign_pointer has as smp_store_release() which makes sure